@article {1728,
	title = {Parvalbumin-immunoreactive proteins in the nervous system of planarians},
	journal = {Cell Mol Neurobiol},
	volume = {15},
	year = {1995},
	month = {1995 Aug},
	pages = {401-10},
	abstract = {<p>1. Using immunological methods, we have identified parvalbumin-like material in the triclade flatworms, Polycelis nigra, Polycelis auriculata, Crenobia alpina, Dugesia tahitiensis, and Dugesia polychroa. 2. Western immunoblot analysis of these five species revealed heat stable parvalbumin-immunoreactive proteins between 32 kD and 44 kD. 3. Proteins at 19 and 32 kD revealed intense labeling with 45Ca2+. 4. Double immunodiffusion of planarian supernatants showed complete fusion of precipitates, indicating immunological relatedness of the parvalbumin-like material among the species investigated. 5. Immunocytochemical studies exhibit parvalbumin-immunoreactive material exclusively in neurons supporting the notion of an early evolutionary appearance of these proteins in the nervous system.</p>
},
	keywords = {Animals, Blotting, Western, Calcium-Binding Proteins, Immunohistochemistry, Molecular Weight, Nervous system, Parvalbumins, planarians},
	issn = {0272-4340},
	author = {Hutticher, A and Kerschbaum, H H and Kainz, V and Bito, M and Hermann, A}
}
