Antifreeze protein gene expression in winter flounder pre-hatch embryos: Implications for cryopreservation

Cryobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 84-90

  Young, Heather M ^a   Fletcher, Garth L ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Gene expression; RT PCR; Skin type antifreeze proteins (AFP); Winter flounder

Indexed keywords

ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLOUNDER; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; THAWING; WINTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS, TYPE I; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FLOUNDER; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 52149118684     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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