Acetylcholine synthesis and possible functions during sea urchin development

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-243

  Angelini, C ^a   Baccetti, B ^b   Piomboni, P ^b   Trombino, S ^a   Aluigi, M G ^a   Stringara, S ^a   Gallus, L ^a   Falugi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Choline acetyltransferase; Fertilisation; Receptors; Sea urchin; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEA URCHIN; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ZYGOTE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYTES; SEA URCHINS; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; ZYGOTE;

EID: 16644387768     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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