Bioinformatic comparisons and tissue expression of the neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) gene from the red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus)

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 577-584

  Zhou, Libin ^a,b   Bai, Ru ^a   Tian, Jianxiao ^a   Liu, Xiaochun ^c   Lu, Danqi ^c   Zhu, Pei ^c   Liu, Yun ^c   Zeng, Lujiao ^a   Luo, Wenna ^c   Zhang, Yong ^c   Wang, Anli ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals   (China)

Author keywords

Expression pattern; Neuronal NO synthase (nNOS)

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; SCIAENOPS; SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS;

EID: 70249092058     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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