Differential expression of eight transcripts and their roles in the cuticle of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 370-383

  Faircloth, Lindsay M ^a   Shafer, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthrodial membrane; Blue crab; Callinectes; Cuticle; Exoskeleton; In situ hybridization; Mineralization; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; CHITIN; GENE PRODUCT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN CSAMP13.4; PROTEIN CSAMP16.3; PROTEIN CSAMP16.5; PROTEIN CSAMP9.3; PROTEIN CSCP14.1; PROTEIN CSCP15.0; PROTEIN CSCP19.0; PROTEIN CSCP6.1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLUE CRAB; CELL ADHESION; CELL ANCHORAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CSAMP GENE; CSCP GENE; CUTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

CALLINECTES; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 33847210361     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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