A novel ferritin subunit involved in shell formation from the pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-54

  Zhang, Yong ^a   Meng, Qingxiong ^a   Jiang, Tiemin ^a   Wang, Hongzhong ^a   Xie, Liping ^a   Zhang, Rongqing ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Ferritin; Fold; Iron; Mantle; Pearl oyster; Pinctada fucata; Shell

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FERRITIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; IRON STORAGE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGAN; OYSTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SNAIL;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MAMMALIA; OSTREIDAE; PINCTADA FUCATA;

EID: 0038697892     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00050-2     Document Type: Article

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