Molecular cloning of a cDNA encoding a potential water-borne pheromonal attractant released during Aplysia egg laying

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 167-170

  Fan, Xuemo ^a   Wu, Bo ^a   Nagle, Gregg T ^a   Painter, Sherry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumen gland; Invertebrate; Peptide pheromone; Pheromonal attraction

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

APLYSIA; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; OPEN READING FRAMES; OVIPOSITION; PHEROMONES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

APLYSIA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0030802847     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(97)00154-X     Document Type: Article

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