A polymorphic, thrombospondin domain-containing lectin is an oocyte marker in Hydractinia: Implications for germ cell specification and sex determination

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-108

  Mali, Brahim ^a   Millane, R Cathriona ^b   Plickert, Günter ^c   Frohme, Marcus ^a   Frank, Uri ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WILDAU   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Cnidaira; Hermaphroditism; Intersexuality

Indexed keywords

GALAPTIN; LECTIN; THROMBOSPONDIN 1;

ALLELE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CNIDARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GERM CELL; HYDRACTINIA ECHINATA; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; HYDROZOA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LECTINS; MALE; OOCYTES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; THROMBOSPONDINS; TIME FACTORS;

CNIDARIA; HYDRACTINIA; HYDRACTINIA ECHINATA;

EID: 79952076800     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.103063bm     Document Type: Article

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