"Petromyzon" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of primitive fish in the family Petromyzontidae. The sole species is Petromyzon marinus, known as the sea lamprey. The adult form feeds parasitically on other fish species.
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D048428
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.493.559.600
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Petromyzon" by people in Profiles.
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Cholangiocyte apoptosis is an early event during induced metamorphosis in the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus L. J Pediatr Surg. 2010 Jan; 45(1):114-20.
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The glutamate-rich region of the larger lamprey neurofilament sidearm is essential for proper neurofilament architecture. Brain Res. 2008 Sep 22; 1231:1-5.