Supported in part by Shandong Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (SK200807) We thank Dr. LI Xiangning, who works in the CSR (Center for Scientific Review) of NIH (National Institutes of Health), USA, for his critical reading of the manuscript.
We investigated the developmental expression pattern of AmphiCaM in cephalochordate amphioxus (Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtauense). We cultured and sampled the animals at different developmental stages (eggs and l...
Supported by Doctoral Initial Fund of Ludong University (No.43304)
Amphioxus, a cephalochordate, is an important model fish for studies in evolution and comparative biology. A successful cell culture from amphioxus tissues in vitro would help understanding some basic issues. To deter...
This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology(MOST)of China ;the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30470203 and No.30500256)
Two full-length cDNAs, named CaMla and CaMlb, encoding the highly conserved calmodulinl (CAM1) proteins, were isolated from the cDNA library of amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtauense. There are only two nucle...
Supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of China (No.2006CB101805).
Information regarding antioxidant enzymes in amphioxus remains lacking, and this study was carried out to examine the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) in differ...
This work was supported by a grant from the National Natural ScienceFoundation of China(No.30470203)
The complete cDNA and deduced amino acid sequences of the ribosomal proteins S23 (AmphiS23) and L35 (AmphiL35) from amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtauense were identified in this study. AmphiS23 cDNA is 546...