Nutrient uptake by marine invertebrates: Cloning and functional analysis of amino acid transporter genes in developing sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-24

  Meyer, Eli ^a,b   Manahanj, Donal T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; ECHINODERM; EMBRYO; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBITION; LARVA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYLOGENETICS; RADIOGRAPHY; SEAWATER;

ANURA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 69249127457     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/BBLv217n1p6     Document Type: Article

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