Characterization of a Tal/SCL-like transcription factor in the pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 793-800

  Barreau Roumiguière, Catherine ^a   Montagnani, Caroline ^a   Escoubas, Jean Michel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Crassostrea gigas; Hematopoiesis; Hemocyte; Mollusk immunity; Oyster; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OYSTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; TAL GENE; VERTEBRATE;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; INVERTEBRATA; OSTREIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037784040     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(03)00075-2     Document Type: Article

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