Ammonium channel expression is essential for brain development and function in the larva of Ciona intestinalis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 503, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-147

  Marino, Rita ^a   Melillo, Daniela ^a   Di Filippo, Miriam ^a   Yamada, Atsuko ^a,b   Pinto, Maria Rosaria ^a   De Santis, Rosaria ^a   Brown, Euan R ^a   Matassi, Giorgio ^a,c  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

AMT; Ascidian; CNS; Gene duplication; Ion channels

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; ION CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHANNEL GATING; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DUPLICATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ION TRANSPORT; LARVA; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; ION CHANNELS; ION TRANSPORT; LARVA; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34347405308     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21370     Document Type: Article

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