Molecular cloning and expression of the osteoclast-stimulating-factor-like gene from the rice field eel

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 302, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 174-181

  Xia, Laixin ^a   Cheng, Hanhua ^a   Hongshi, Y U ^a   Guo, Yiqing ^a   Zhou, Rongjia ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLIFORMES; GONIA; MONOPTERUS ALBUS; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842787555     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.20008     Document Type: Article

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