Exploration of embryonic origins of germline stem cells and neoblasts in Enchytraeus japonensis (Oligochaeta, Annelida)

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 227-236

  Sugio, Mutsumi ^a   Takeuchi, Kazunari ^a   Kutsuna, Junko ^a   Tadokoro, Ryosuke ^b,c,d   Takahashi, Yoshiko ^d   Yoshida Noro, Chikako ^e   Tochinai, Shin ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annelida; Earthworm; Ej piwi; Ej vlg1; Ej vlg2; Embryogenesis; Enchytraeus japonensis; Germ cell; Germline; Germline stem cell; Gonadal regeneration; Growth zone; Neoblast; Oligochaete; Stem cell; Vasa related gene

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; PIWI PROTEIN; PROTEIN VLG1; PROTEIN VLG2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENCHYTRAEUS JAPONESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; STEM CELL;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELLS; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOCHAETA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STEM CELLS;

ANNELIDA; ENCHYTRAEUS JAPONENSIS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 39549117155     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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