A protein identical to the yolk protein is stored in the testis in male red sea urchin, Pseudocentrotus depressus

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 92-97

  Unuma, Tatsuya ^a   Suzuki, Tohru ^a   Kurokawa, Tadahide ^a   Yamamoto, Takeshi ^a   Akiyama, Toshio ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ECHINOIDEA; PSEUDOCENTROTUS DEPRESSUS;

EID: 0031939113     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542517     Document Type: Article

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