Characterization of myostatin/gdf8/11 in the starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 312, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 780-788

  Saina, Michael ^a   Technau, Ulrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSTATIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENTERY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA ANEMONE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENTERY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOSTATIN; PHYLOGENY; SEA ANEMONES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACTINIARIA; NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70350324545     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21304     Document Type: Article

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