Distribution of choline acetyltransferase immunoreactivity in the alimentary tract of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite (Cirripedia, Crustacea)

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 409, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 230-233

  Gallus, Lorenzo ^a   Ferrando, Sara ^a   Bottaro, Massimiliano ^a   Girosi, Laura ^a,b   Ramoino, Paola ^a   Diaspro, Alberto ^a   Aluigi, Maria Grazia ^a   Tagliafierro, Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alimentary tract; Balanus amphitrite; Barnacle; Choline acetyltransferase

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALANUS AMPHITRITE; BARNACLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MIDGUT; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; NEUROEPITHELIAL CELLS; THORACICA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33750450882     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.09.050     Document Type: Article

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