Novel expression of importin α homologue in marine teleost, Pagrus major

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 420-427

  Gen, Koichiro ^a   Yamaguchi, Sonoko ^b   Okuzawa, Koichi ^c   Kagawa, Hirohiko ^d   Alam, Md Samsul ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Importin ; Ovary; Red seabream; Testis

Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; KARYOPHERIN BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; TELEOST; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ARMADILLO; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PAGRUS MAJOR; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 55549085842     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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