Cloning and expression pattern of a Smad3 homolog from the pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 244-252

  Zhou, Yujuan ^a   He, Zuoxin ^a   Li, Qing ^a   Xie, Liping ^a   Zhang, Rongqing ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Pearl oyster; Pinctada fucata; Smad3; TGF

Indexed keywords

SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PINCTADA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PINCTADA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE; PINCTADA; PINCTADA FUCATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 41049110421     PISSN: 16729145     EISSN: 17457270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7270.2008.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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