Structure, expression, and cluster organization of genes encoding gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptors found in the neural complex of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis

Gene

Volumn 322, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 77-84

  Kusakabe, Takehiro ^a   Mishima, Sachiko ^a   Shimada, Issei ^a   Kitajima, Yuka ^a   Tsuda, Motoyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral ganglion; Evolution; Gene cluster; Spawning; Urochordate

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATE;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344009619     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2003.08.013     Document Type: Article

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