Molecular markers for germ cell differentiation in the demosponge Suberites domuncula

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 293-305

  Perovic̃ Ottstadt, Sanja ^a   Ćetković, Helena ^b   Gamulin, Vera ^b   Schröder, Heinz C ^a   Kropf, Klaus ^a   Moss, Claire ^c   Korzhev, Michael ^a   Diehl Seifert, Bärbel ^a   Müller, Isabel M ^a   Muller, Werner E G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

FEM1; Gametogenesis; Larva; Sperm associated antigen; Sponge; Suberites domuncula

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MOLECULAR MARKER; PROTEIN FEM1; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SPERM ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GERM CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MARKER GENE; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPONGE (PORIFERA); SRY GENE; SUBERITES DOMUNCULA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SEASONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SPERMATOZOA; SUBERITES;

METAZOA; PORIFERA; SUBERITES; SUBERITES DOMUNCULA;

EID: 3142719313     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.041813sp     Document Type: Article

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