Expression and evolutionary conservation of the tescalcin gene during development

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 273-281

  Bao, Yong ^a   Hudson, Quanah J ^b   Perera, Erasmo M ^a   Akan, Leonardo ^a   Tobet, Stuart A ^c   Smith, Craig A ^b   Sinclair, Andrew H ^b   Berkovitz, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

EF hand calcium binding protein; Embryogenesis; Evolution; Mouse; Organogenesis; Sex differentiation; Tescalcin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; TESCALCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FEMALE; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HEART; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ADRENAL GLANDS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX FACTORS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67349175221     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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