Ubiquitous expression of acetylcholine and its biological functions in life forms without nervous systems

Life Sciences

Volumn 80, Issue 24-25, 2007, Pages 2206-2209

  Kawashima, Koichiro ^a   Misawa, Hidemi ^a   Moriwaki, Yasuhiro ^a   Fujii, Yoshihito X ^a   Fujii, Takeshi ^a   Horiuchi, Yoko ^a   Yamada, Tomoya ^a   Imanaka, Tadayuki ^b   Kamekura, Masahiro ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Noda Institute for Scientific Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Archaea; Bacteria; Choline acetyltransferase; Eucarya; Radioimmunoassay

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERN; LENTINUS EDODES; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOCOCCUS; THERMOCOCCUS KODAKARAENSIS; YEAST;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVOLUTION; FUNGI; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLANTS;

ANIMALIA; ARENICOLA MARINA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; FILICOPHYTA; FUNGI; LENTINULA EDODES; RATTUS; THERMOCOCCUS KODAKARENSIS;

EID: 34249315410     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2007.01.059     Document Type: Article

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