Expression of usherin in the anthozoan Nematostella vectensis

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-112

  Tucker, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; INVERTEBRATE; MUTATION; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; REAL TIME;

ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; PROTOSTOMIA; VERTEBRATA;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA ANEMONE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA ANEMONES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 77954586448     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/BBLv218n2p105     Document Type: Article

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