Cloning of estrogen receptor-βcDNA of common Japanese conger Conger myriaster and expression of the gene during oocyte development

Fisheries Science

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 960-970

  Mikawa, Naomi ^a,b   Utoh, Tomoko ^a   Horie, Noriyuki ^a   Okamura, Akihiro ^a   Yamada, Yoshiaki ^a   Akazawa, Atsushi ^a   Tanaka, Satoru ^a   Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^c   Hirono, Ikuo ^b   Aoki, Takashi ^b  

^a IRAGO Institute Co Ltd   (Japan)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Common Japanese conger; Conger myriaster; Estrogen receptor cDNA; Oocyte development; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; CONGER; CONGER CONGER; CONGER MYRIASTER; EUKARYOTA; JAPONICA;

EID: 19944376826     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2004.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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