Cloning of an insulin-like androgenic gland factor (IAG) from the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus: Implications for eyestalk regulation of IAG expression

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-10

  Chung, J Sook ^a   Manor, R ^b   Sagi, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Androgenic gland; Androgenic gland hormone; Callinectes sapidus; Decapod crustaceans; Insulin like factor

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; C PEPTIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INSULIN LIKE ANDROGENIC GLAND FACTOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLUE CRAB; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; GANGLION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEPATOPANCREAS; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; UPREGULATION;

EID: 79959885354     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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