EST cloning and expression of 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in the ascidian, Ciona intestinalis testis

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-176

  Kho, Kang Hee ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sunchon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

17 HSD; Ciona intestinalis; Leydig cell; Spermatogenesis; Steroid hormone; Urochordata

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTIBODY; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; POLYPEPTIDE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEA URCHIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS CELL; ZEBRA FISH;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TESTIS; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DANIO RERIO; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11444259039     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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