Transcriptional pattern of a novel gene, expressed specifically after the point-of-no-return during sexualization, in planaria

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 212, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 585-592

  Hase, Sumitaka ^a,b   Kobayashi, Kazuya ^d   Koyanagi, Ryo ^a,c   Hoshi, Motonori ^b   Matsumoto, Midori ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Neoblast; Planaria; Regeneration; Sexualization; Yolk gland

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CELL TYPE; EGG YOLK; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOMATIC CELL; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; DUGESIA RYUKYUENSIS; PLANARIA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0037274858     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-002-0288-2     Document Type: Article

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