The establishment of a quantitative RT-PCR assay for estrogen receptor mRNA in Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica

Zoological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 923-930

  Nakamura, Ikumi ^a   Todo, Takashi ^b   Nagae, Masaki ^c   Kazeto, Yukinori ^a   Adachi, Shinji ^a   Yamauchi, Kohei ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; JAPONICA;

EID: 0032237027     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.15.923     Document Type: Article

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