Characterization of a vasa-like gene from the Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei and its expression during oogenesis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 172-177

  Aflalo, Eli D ^a   Bakhrat, Anna ^a   Raviv, Shaul ^a   Harari, Daniel ^a   Sagi, Amir ^a   Abdu, Uri ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Decapoda; Germ cells; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CELL MARKER; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEAD BOX PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA HELICASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; GONAD; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INVERTEBRATE; LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; PACIFIC WHITE SHRIMP; PL10 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHRIMP; SOMATIC CELL; VASA GENE; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOGENESIS; OVARY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; ZINC FINGERS;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI;

EID: 33846012203     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20622     Document Type: Article

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