Expression of the gene for ancestral glycoprotein hormone β subunit in the nerve cord of amphioxus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-339

  Tando, Yukiko ^a   Kubokawa, Kaoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branchiostoma belcheri; Evolution; Gene expression; Glycoprotein hormone; Neuroendocrinology

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE CORD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNTENY; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 65649109769     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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