Vitellogenesis in the red crab, Charybdis feriatus: Contributions from small vitellogenin transcripts (CfVg) and farnesoic acid stimulation of CfVg expression

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1040, Issue , 2005, Pages 74-79

  Chan, Siu Ming ^a   Mak, Abby S C ^a   Choi, Chi Lung ^a   Ma, Tracy H T ^a   Hui, Jerome H L ^a   Tiu, Shirley H K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alternative transcripts; Crab; Crustaceans; Farnesoic acid; Hepatopancreas; Reproduction; Vitellogenesis; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT; VITELLOGENIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRAB; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEPATOPANCREAS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VITELLOGENESIS;

CHARYBDIS FERIATUS; CRUSTACEA;

EID: 22144492214     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1327.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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