Telomerase activity is not related to life history stage in the jellyfish Cassiopea sp.

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 240-244

  Ojimi, Michiko C ^a   Isomura, Naoko ^a   Hidaka, Michio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cassiopea; Cnidaria; Jellyfish; Life span; Medusa; Polyp; Telomerase; Telomere

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; JELLYFISH; LIFE CYCLE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN MOTIF; SYMBIONT;

CASSIOPEA; CASSIOPEA SP.; CNIDARIA; HYDROIDA; SCYPHOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57549091579     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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