Characterization and tissue-specific expression of phosphatidylcholine transfer protein gene from amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-61

  Tian, Jianxiao ^a   Zhang, Shicui ^a   Liu, Zhenhui ^a   Zhuang, Yunyun ^a   Wang, Yongjun ^b   Jiang, Shengjuan ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amphioxus, Branchiostoma belcheri (Acrania); Hepatic caecum; In situ hybridization; Phosphatidylcholine transfer protein

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHORDATA; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHOSPHOLIPID TRANSFER PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN KINASE C; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BRANCHIOSTOMA BELCHERI; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CEPHALOCHORDATA; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548804973     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0465-8     Document Type: Article

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