Molecular cloning and sequence of retinoid X receptor in the green crab Carcinus maenas: A possible role in female reproduction

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 379-390

  Nagaraju, Ganji Purna Chandra ^a   Rajitha, Balney ^a   Borst, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE KINASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; FARNESOIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ISOPRENOID; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMOLYMPH; HEPATOPANCREAS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; VITELLOGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRACHYURA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEPATOPANCREAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; RETINOID X RECEPTORS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VITELLOGENESIS; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 80052703932     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-11-0154     Document Type: Article

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