Cloning and Sequencing of Carp and Medaka Activin Subunit Genes

Fisheries Science

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 680-685

  Tada, Takashi ^a   Hirono, Ikuo ^a   Aoki, Takashi ^a   Takashima, Fumio ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin; Carp; Inhibin; Medaka

Indexed keywords

CYPRINUS CARPIO; MAMMALIA; ORYZIAS;

EID: 0346549594     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.64.680     Document Type: Article

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