Differential expression of vasa homologue gene in the germ cells during oogenesis and spermatogenesis in a teleost fish, tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 139-142

  Kobayashi, Tohru ^a   Kajiura Kobayashi, Hiroko ^a   Nagahama, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differential expression; Germ cells; In situ hybridization; Oogenesis; Spermatogenesis; Vasa homologue (vas) RNA

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TELEOST; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; OOGENESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA HELICASES; SEX FACTORS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033747639     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00464-0     Document Type: Article

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