Molecular cloning and expression in gonad of Rana rugosa WT1 and Fgf9

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1045-1050

  Yamamura, Yasutaka ^a   Aoyama, Sho ^a   Oshima, Yuki ^a   Kato, Takuma ^a   Osawa, Noboru ^a   Nakamura, Masahisa ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA; Fgf9; Gonad; Rana rugosa; RT PCR; WT1

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; ISOPROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; WT1 PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FROG; GENDER AND SEX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GONAD; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RANIDAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); WT1 PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; RANA RUGOSA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 27644551423     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.1045     Document Type: Article

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