Structural determination and functional analysis of a soluble matrix protein associated with calcification of the exoskeleton of the crayfish, Procambarus clarkii

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2697-2707

  Inoue, Hirotaka ^a,b   Yuasa Hashimoto, Naomi ^a   Suzuki, Michio ^a   Nagasawa, Hiromichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcification; Chitin binding; Crayfish; Cuticle; Matrix protein

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; CALCIUM; CHITIN; CLONING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; TRANSCRIPTION;

AMINO ACID RESIDUES; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM CARBONATES; CDNA CLONINGS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCES; CRAYFISH; CUTICLE; IN VITRO; INHIBITORY ACTIVITIES; MASS SPECTRAL; MATRIX PROTEIN; MATRIX PROTEINS; NORTHERN BLOT ANALYSES; PEPTIDE SEQUENCING; PRIMARY STRUCTURES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION PCR; SOLUBLE FRACTIONS; SOLUBLE PROTEINS; STRUCTURAL DETERMINATIONS; SUPERSATURATED SOLUTIONS;

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY);

CHITIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FISH PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BONE MINERALIZATION; CHEMISTRY; CRAYFISH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOLUBILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CHITIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLUBILITY;

ASTACOIDEA; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 55049127643     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.80349     Document Type: Article

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