Morphological and molecular analysis of the Nematostella vectensis cnidom

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Zenkert, Claudia ^a   Takahashi, Toshio ^b   Diesner, Mark Oliver ^a   Özbek, Suat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b SUNTORY INSTITUTE FOR BIOORGANIC RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MINICOLLAGEN TYPE 1; MINICOLLAGEN TYPE 3; MINICOLLAGEN TYPE 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHOZOA; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CNIDARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FLAGELLATE; HYDRA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; NEMATOCYST; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEA ANEMONE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CNIDARIA; NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CNIDARIA; COLLAGEN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATOCYST; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 79960855405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022725     Document Type: Article

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