Nitric oxide in the control of luminescence from lantern shark (Etmopterus spinax) photophores

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 3005-3011

  Claes, Julien M ^a   Krönström, Jenny ^b   Holmgren, Susanne ^b   Mallefet, Jérôme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acetylated tubulin; Bioluminescence; Chondrichthyes; Melatonin; Nitric oxide synthase; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

1H (1,2,4)OXADIAZOLO(4,3 A)QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 1H-(1,2,4)OXADIAZOLO(4,3-A)QUINOXALIN-1-ONE; 8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; 8-BROMOCYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HYDROXYLAMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OXADIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SHARK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CYCLIC GMP; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HYDROXYLAMINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; OXADIAZOLES; QUINOXALINES; SHARKS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ETMOPTERUS SPINAX;

EID: 77956236893     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.040410     Document Type: Article

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