Universal occurrence of the vasa-related genes among metazoans and their germline expression in Hydra

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 211, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 299-308

  Mochizuki, K ^a   Nishimiya Fujisawa, C ^a   Fujisawa, T ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germline expression; Hydra; Planaria; Sponge; Vasa related genes

Indexed keywords

RNA HELICASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM LINE; INTERSTITIUM; MALE; METAZOON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONGE; STEM CELL; TURBELLARIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; ECTODERM; EPITHELIUM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HYDRA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA HELICASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX FACTORS; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; FUNGI; HYDRA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; PLANARIA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0034839408     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270100156     Document Type: Article

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