D-Aspartic acid and L-amino acids in the neural system of the amphioxus Branchiostoma lanceolatum

Amino Acids

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-26

  D'Aniello, S ^a   Garcia Fernandez J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Chordates; D aspartic acid; Evolution; GABA; L amino acids; Nervous system

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ASPARTIC ACID; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; TAURINE;

AMPHIOUXUS; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLLUSC; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; D-ASPARTIC ACID; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MOLLUSCA; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845246159     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-006-0347-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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