Identification of a two-domain antifreeze protein gene in Antarctic eelpout Lycodichthys dearborni

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-40

  Zhang, Junfang ^a,b   Deng, Cheng ^a,b   Wang, Jianshe ^a   Chen, Liangbiao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Antarctic eelpout; AT rich region; DNA recombination; Gene duplication; Type III antifreeze proteins

Indexed keywords

GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PERCIFORM; RECOMBINATION;

LYCODICHTHYS DEARBORNI; PACHYCARA BRACHYCEPHALUM;

EID: 58549093918     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0499-8     Document Type: Article

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