Identification of a novel yolk protein in the hermatypic coral Galaxea fascicularis

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-255

  Hayakawa, Hideki ^a   Andoh, Tadashi ^b   Watanabe, Toshiki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Coral reef; Pseudo gynodioecy; Reproduction; Vitellogenesis; Yolk protein

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EGG PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; GALAXEA FASCICULARIS; INVERTEBRATA; MONTIPORA DIGITATA; SCLERACTINIA; ZOANTHARIA;

EID: 34248525017     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.249     Document Type: Article

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