Isolation of actin-encoding cDNAs from symbiotic corals

DNA Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 217-223

  Fukuda, Isao ^a   Imagawa, Shuzo ^a   Iwao, Kenji ^b   Horiguchi, Takeo ^c   Watanabe, Toshiki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Akajima Marine Science Laboratory   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; Coral; Dinoflagellate; Scleractinia; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; CORAL; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BASE SEQUENCE; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANTHOZOA; DINOPHYCEAE; FAVITES; FAVITES CHINENSIS; GALAXEA FASCICULARIS; INVERTEBRATA; SCLERACTINIA; SYMBIODINIUM; SYMBIODINIUM SP.;

EID: 0036929855     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/9.6.217     Document Type: Article

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