The transcription of l-gulono-gamma-lactone oxidase, a key enzyme for biosynthesis of ascorbate, during development of Persian sturgeon Acipenser persicus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 282-288

  Akbarzadeh, Arash ^a,c   Farahmand, Hamid ^a   Mahjoubi, Frouzandeh ^b   Nematollahi, Mohammad Ali ^a   Leskinen, Piia ^c   Rytkönen, Kalle ^c   Nikinmaa, Mikko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; L gulono gamma lactone oxidase; Persian sturgeon; Reference genes

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GULONOLACTONE OXIDASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ACIPENSER PERSICUS; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FISH; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HATCHING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACIPENSER PERSICUS; ACIPENSERIDAE;

EID: 79951772347     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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