Characterization of transthyretin in the Pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis

Zoological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 443-448

  Kawakami, Yutaka ^a   Seoka, Manabu ^a   Miyashita, Shigeru ^a   Kumai, Hidemi ^a   Ohta, Hiromi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bluefin tuna; Teleost fish; Thyroid hormone; Thyroid hormone binding protein; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIOTHYRONINE; MESSENGER RNA; PREALBUMIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TUNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; OVARY; PREALBUMIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; TUNA;

AMPHIBIA; CYPRINUS CARPIO; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; SPARUS AURATA; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 33746640041     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.23.443     Document Type: Article

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