Isolation of cDNA clones encoding DNA methyltransferase of sea urchin P. lividus: Expression during embryonic development

Gene

Volumn 178, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 57-61

  Aniello, Francesco ^a   Locascio, Annamaria ^a   Fucci, Laura ^b   Geraci, Giuseppe ^b   Branno, Margherita ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Echinoderm; Embryo; mRNA control

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA METHYLATION; ECHINODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEA URCHIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 0030608378     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00334-4     Document Type: Article

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