Conserved and variant molecular and functional features of multiple egg yolk precursor proteins (vitellogenins) in white perch (morone americana) and other teleosts

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-187

  Reading, Benjamin J ^a   Hiramatsu, Naoshi ^a   Sawaguchi, Sayumi ^b   Matsubara, Takahiro ^b   Hara, Akihiko ^c   Lively, Mark O ^d   Sullivan, Craig V ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Morone americana; Oocyte; Oogenesis; Ovary; Teleost; Vitellogenin; Yolk

Indexed keywords

MORONE AMERICANA; OOCYTE; OOGENESIS; OVARY; TELEOST; VITELLOGENIN; YOLK;

AMINES; PROTEINS;

BINDING SITES;

VITELLOGENIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PERCIFORM; PROTEIN; TELEOST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASS; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FISH; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASS; BINDING SITES; FISHES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA 3' POLYADENYLATION SIGNALS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VITELLOGENINS; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

MORONE; MORONE AMERICANA; MORONE SAXATILIS; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 60849128188     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-008-9133-6     Document Type: Article

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