Wnt4 expression in the differentiating gonad of the frog Rana rugosa

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 689-693

  Oshima, Yuki ^a   Hayashi, Toshiyuki ^a   Tokunaga, Shuichi ^a   Nakamura, Masahisa ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA; Differentiating gonad; Rana rugosa; RT PCR; Wnt4

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RANIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; WNT PROTEINS;

ANURA; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; RANA RUGOSA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 22544471248     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.689     Document Type: Article

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