Cleavage site of a major yolk protein (MYP) determined by cDNA isolation and amino acid sequencing in sea urchin, Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-81

  Yokota, Yukio ^a   Unuma, Tatsuya ^b   Moriyama, Akihiko ^c   Yamano, Keisuke ^b  

^a AICHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Echinoferrin; Egg; Embryo; Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus; Ovary; Proteolysis; Sea urchin; Transferrin; Yolk protein

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ECHINOFERRIN; MAJOR YOLK PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOLK PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; EMBRYO; GENETIC CODE; INSECT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEA URCHIN; VERTEBRATE;

ECHINOIDEA; HEMICENTROTUS PULCHERRIMUS; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038021500     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00084-8     Document Type: Article

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