Insulin and gender: An insulin-like gene expressed exclusively in the androgenic gland of the male crayfish

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 326-336

  Manor, Rivka ^a   Weil, Simy ^a   Oren, Shirley ^a   Glazer, Lilah ^a   Aflalo, Eliahu D ^a   Ventura, Tomer ^a   Chalifa Caspi, Vered ^a   Lapidot, Miri ^a   Sagi, Amir ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Androgenic gland; cDNA library; Cherax quadricarinatus; Cq IAG; Crayfish; Crustacea; Decapoda; Differential expression; Insulin like; Suppression subtractive hybridization

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANDROGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INSULIN; NUCLEOTIDE; RELAXIN; SOMATOMEDIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANDROGENIC GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; ENDOCRINE GLAND; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 33845459841     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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