Shark (Scyliorhinus torazame) metallothionein: cDNA cloning, genomic sequence, and expression analysis

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 350-362

  Young, Sun Cho ^a   Buyl, Nim Choi ^a   Ha, En Mi ^a   Ki, Hong Kim ^a   Sung, Koo Kim ^a   Dong, Soo Kim ^a   Yoon, Kwon Nam ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Heavy metals; Metallothionein; Tiger shark Scyliorhinus torazame

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLONING; DNA; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RNA;

CYSTEINE; GENOMIC ORF SEQUENCE; METALLOTHIONEIN; OPEN READING FRAME (ORF);

MARINE BIOLOGY;

HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN;

GENE EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHARK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHARKS;

CHONDRICHTHYES; GALEOCERDO CUVIER; MAMMALIA; SCYLIORHINUS TORAZAME; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 24144447070     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-004-0043-y     Document Type: Article

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