Cloning and characterization of vitellogenin cDNA from the common Japanese conger (Conger myriaster) and vitellogenin gene expression during ovarian development

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 404-414

  Mikawa, Naomi ^a,b   Utoh, Tomoko ^a   Horie, Noriyuki ^a   Okamura, Akihiro ^a   Yamada, Yoshiaki ^a   Akazawa, Atsushi ^a   Tanaka, Satoru ^a   Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^c   Hirono, Ikuo ^b   Aoki, Takashi ^b  

^a IRAGO Institute Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anguilliformes; Common Japanese conger; Conger myriaster; Liver; Oocyte development; RACE, real time PCR; Vitellogenesis; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTRADIOL; VITELLOGENIN; YOLK PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONGER MYRIASTER; EEL; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMPHIBIA; ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; AVES; CONGER; CONGER CONGER; CONGER MYRIASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33644902905     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2005.12.013     Document Type: Article

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