Osmo-responsive expression of oyster amino acid transporter gene and analysis of the regulatory region involved

Fisheries Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 465-470

  Toyohara, Haruhiko ^a   Ikeda, Masashi ^a,c   Goto, Chika ^a,d   Sawada, Hideki ^a   Hosoi, Masatomi ^a   Takeuchi, Kazuaki ^a,e   Hayashi, Isao ^a   Imamura, Shintaro ^a,f   Yamashita, Michiaki ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

^d Nippon Lever K K   (Japan)

^e NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Crassostrea gigas; Osmolality; Osmolyte; Oyster; Promoter; Transporter

Indexed keywords

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 22444451516     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2005.00989.x     Document Type: Article

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