Two isoforms of vasa homologs in a teleost fish: Their differential expression during germ cell differentiation

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 167-171

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

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germ cell; Gonadal differentiation; Immunohistochemistry; Isoform; mRNA; Oogenesis; Primordial germ cell; Protein; Sex differentiation; Spermatogenesis; Subcellular localization; Teleost; Tilapia; Trout; vasa; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN VAS; PROTEIN VAS S; PROTEIN VASA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; GERM CELL; GONAD; MALE; MESODERM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TELEOST; TESTIS; TILAPIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA HELICASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMATOZOA; TILAPIA;

DANIO RERIO; SALMONIDAE; TELEOST FISH; TELEOSTEI; TILAPIA;

EID: 0036169743     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(01)00613-X     Document Type: Article

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