The capacity for the de novo biosynthesis of creatine is present in the tunicate Ciona intestinalis and is likely widespread in other protochordate and invertebrate groups

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-178

  DeLigio, J T ^a   Ellington, W R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine:glycine amidinotransferase; Creatine; Creatine kinase; Guanidinoacetate methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE MAGNESIUM; CREATINE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; GLYCINE AMIDINOTRANSFERASE; GUANIDINE; GUANIDINOACETIC ACID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BRANCHIOSTOMA; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; ECHINOIDEA; HYDRACTINIA; HYDROIDA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646354603     PISSN: 1744117X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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