The sea urchin, paracentrotus lividus, as a model to investigate the onset of molecules immunologically related to the α-7 subunit of nicotinic receptors during embryonic and larval development

Current Drug Targets

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 587-593

  Aluigi, Maria Grazia ^a   Diaspro, Alberto ^b   Ramoino, Paola ^a   Russo, Patrizia ^c   Falugi, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell communication; Development; Embryos; Fertilization; Larvae; Nicotinic receptors; Paracentrotus lividus; 7; bungarotoxin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZONA PELLUCIDA PROTEIN ZP3;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLASTULA; CELL MEMBRANE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GASTRULATION; GLYCOCALYX; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; SEA URCHIN; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 84860479287     PISSN: 13894501     EISSN: 18735592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138945012800399017     Document Type: Article

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