In the urochordate Ciona intestinalis zona pellucida domain proteins vary among individuals

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1242-1254

  Kürn, Ulrich ^a   Sommer, Felix ^a   Bosch, Thomas C G ^a   Khalturin, Konstantin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allorecognition; Fertilization; Polymorphism; Urochordate; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; FERTILIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 35648978945     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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