Cloning, Characterization, and Developmental Expression of a Putative Farnesoic Acid O-Methyl Transferase in the Female Edible Crab Cancer pagurus

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 308-318

  Ruddell, Carolyn J ^a   Wainwright, Geoffrey ^a   Geffen, Audrey ^a   White, Michael R H ^a   Webster, Simon G ^b   Rees, Huw H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYURA; CANCER PAGURUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; PAGURUS;

EID: 0348224058     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543294     Document Type: Article

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