PCR amplification and cloning of metallothionein complementary DNAs in temperate and Antarctic sea urchin characterized by a large difference in egg metallothionein content

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 472-477

  Scudiero, R ^a   Capasso, C ^b   Carginale, V ^b   Riggio, M ^b   Capasso, A ^b   Ciaramella, M ^b   Filosa, S ^a   Parisi, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctica; cDNA; Metallothionein; mRNA; Primary structure; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EGG PROTEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA URCHIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA URCHINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; SPHAERECHINUS GRANULARIS; STERECHINUS NEUMAYERI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030832122     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050058     Document Type: Article

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