Expression and genetic variation of the Aplysia egg-laying hormone gene family in the atrial gland

Invertebrate Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 261-271

  Kurosky, Alexander ^a   Gorham, Edwin L ^a   Van Heumen, Walter R A ^b   Garcia, Anna T ^a   Smith, John S ^a   Mifflin, Randy C ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aplysia californica; Atrial gland; Egg laying hormone; Genetic variation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POLYPEPTIDE;

APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOIDY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; APLYSIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENOME; INVERTEBRATE HORMONES; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031471528     PISSN: 13542516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02211939     Document Type: Article

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