Cloning, characterization, expression, and copper sensitivity of the metallothionein-1 gene in the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2383-2393

  Ren, Fei ^a   Jiang, Hui ^a   Sun, Jiangling ^a   He, Lin ^a   Li, Weiwei ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Wang, Qun ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cloning; Cu2+ induced expression; Eriocheir sinensis; Metallothionein 1 gene

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COPPER; CYSTEINE; HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN I; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR; METALLOTHIONEIN; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER SENSITIVITY; CRAB; ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS; EXON; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HEPATOPANCREAS; INTESTINE; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MT GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BRACHYURA; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ERIOCHEIR SINENSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRACHYURA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COPPER; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79960940180     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-010-0372-z     Document Type: Article

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