Inhibition of spicule elongation in sea urchin embryos by the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor eserine

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 310-316

  Ohta, Kazumasa ^a   Takahashi, Chifumi ^b   Tosuji, Hiroaki ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Acetylcholinesterase; Eserine; Larval spicule; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; RNA; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ANTHOCIDARIS; ARTICLE; CLYPEASTER JAPONICUS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; HEMICENTROTUS; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEA URCHIN; STOMOPNEUSTES VARIOLARIS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; TEMNOPLEURUS HARDWICKI; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BONE MINERALIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANTHOCIDARIS CRASSISPINA; CLYPEASTER JAPONICUS; ECHINOIDEA; HEMICENTROTUS PULCHERRIMUS; STOMOPNEUSTES VARIOLARIS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS NUDUS; TEMNOPLEURUS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GASTRULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSOSTIGMINE; SEA URCHINS;

EID: 66949173339     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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