Expression of actin genes in the arrow worm Paraspadella gotoi (Chaetognatha)

Zoological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 953-960

  Yasuda, Etsuko ^a,b   Goto, Taichiro ^a   Makabe, Kazuhiro W ^b   Satoh, Noriyuki ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHAETOGNATHA; METAZOA; PARASPADELLA GOTOI;

ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANKTON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANKTON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031307147     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.14.953     Document Type: Article

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