Genes specifically expressed in sexually differentiated female spheroids of Volvox carteri

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 375-382

  Aono, Naoki ^a,b   Inoue, Tan ^a   Shiraishi, Hideaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extracellular matrix; Oogamy; Pherophorin; Sexual differentiation; Volvox

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PHEROPHORIN RELATED PROTEIN; PROLINE; SCLEROPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOGAMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOGAMY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPRODUCTION; SEF1 GENE; SEF6 GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; VOLVOX;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VOLVOX;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPHYTA; VOLVOX; VOLVOX CARTERI;

EID: 28244454805     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvi139     Document Type: Article

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