Identification of thirty-four transcripts expressed specifically in hemocytes of Ciona intestinalis and their expression profiles throughout the life cycle

DNA Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-35

  Ogasawara, Michio ^a   Nakazawa, Noriko ^a   Azumi, Kaoru ^b   Yamabe, Eiji ^c   Satoh, Nori ^d   Satake, Masanobu ^c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Gene expression; Hemocytes; Immunity; Microarray; WISH

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CIONA INTESTINALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLEIOTROPY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES; HEMOCYTES; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY;

ASCIDIA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33744938152     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: 13402838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsi025     Document Type: Article

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