Evolution of glutamine synthetase in vertebrates: Multiple glutamine synthetase genes expressed in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1511-1521

  Murray, Brent W ^a,c   Busby, Ellen R ^b   Mommsen, Thomas P ^b   Wright, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Brain; Intestine; L glutamate:ammonia ligase; mRNA; Nitrogen; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Rainbow trout; Salmonid; Takifugu; Tetraploidization; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, DUPLICATE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PHYLOGENY;

DANIO; DANIO RERIO; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; OSTEICHTHYES; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; TAKIFUGU; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038414039     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00283     Document Type: Article

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