Production of the oocyte maturation-inducing substance of starfish by heat treatment of S-adenosylmethionine

Zoological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-122

  Mita, Masatoshi ^a,b   Yasumasu, Ikuo ^a   Saneyoshi, Mineo ^c   Yoshikuni, Michiyasu ^d   Nagahama, Yoshitaka ^d  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Teikyo Junior College   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA;

EID: 0032365654     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.15.117     Document Type: Article

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