Comparative characterization of a temperature responsive gene (lactate dehydrogenase-B, ldh-b) in two congeneric tropical fish, Lates calcarifer and Lates niloticus

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 558-569

  Edmunds, Richard C ^a   van Herwerden, Lynne ^a   Smith Keune, Carolyn ^a   Jerry, Dean R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barramundi; Exons; Introns; MicroRNAs; Nile perch; SSRs

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; CYPRINODONTOIDEI; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; LATES; LATES CALCARIFER; LATES NILOTICUS; PERCIFORMES;

ISOENZYME; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE 1; MICRORNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EXON; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERCIFORMES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EXONS; INTRONS; ISOENZYMES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MICRORNAS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERCIFORMES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70350500709     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.5.558     Document Type: Article

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