The vitellogenin cDNA of Cherax quadricarinatus encodes a lipoprotein with calcium binding ability, and its expression is induced following the removal of the androgenic gland in a sexually plastic system

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 263-272

  Abdu, Uri ^a   Davis, Claytus ^a   Khalaila, Isam ^a   Sagi, Amir ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Androgenic gland; Calcium binding; Cherax quadricarinatus; Crustacea; Lipoprotein; Sexual plasticity; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEPATOPANCREAS; HERMAPHRODITISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0036392329     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00053-9     Document Type: Article

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