Can the Quality of Pearls from the Japanese Pearl Oyster (Pinctada fucata) be Explained by the Gene Expression Patterns of the Major Shell Matrix Proteins in the Pearl Sac?

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-55

  Inoue, Nariaki ^a   Ishibashi, Ryo ^a   Ishikawa, Takashi ^a   Atsumi, Takashi ^b   Aoki, Hideo ^b   Komaru, Akira ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mie Prefecture Fisheries Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Pearl; Pinctada fucata; Prismatic layer; Real time PCR; Shell matrix proteins

Indexed keywords

PEARL; PINCTADA FUCATA; PRISMATIC LAYERS; REAL-TIME PCR; SHELL MATRIX PROTEINS;

CELL CULTURE; GEMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPULSION; PROTEINS; SHELLFISH; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

GENE EXPRESSION;

CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; NACREIN; PROTEIN;

GENE EXPRESSION; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; OYSTER CULTURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; REAL TIME; SECRETION; SHELL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PINCTADA;

ANIMALS; CARBONIC ANHYDRASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; PINCTADA; PROTEINS;

PINCTADA; PINCTADA FUCATA;

EID: 79952283264     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-010-9267-1     Document Type: Article

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