A cDNA library of the eutardigrade Hypsibius klebelsbergi Mihelčič, 1959 and analysis of the actin gene

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 152-157

  Kiehl, Ernst ^a   Dastych, Hieronymus ^b   D'Haese, Jochen ^a   Greven, Hartmut ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; cDNA library; Eutardigrada; mRNA

Indexed keywords

DNA; INVERTEBRATE; PROTEIN; RNA;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUTARDIGRADA; EUTARDIGRADES; HYPSIBIUS; HYPSIBIUS DUJARDINI; MACROBIOTUS SP.; RAMAZZOTTIUS OBERHAEUSERI;

EID: 34547658029     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2007.s1.152     Document Type: Conference Paper

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