Role of Vasa, Piwi, and Myc-expressing coelomic cells in gonad regeneration of the colonial tunicate, Botryllus primigenus

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 128, Issue 7-10, 2011, Pages 457-470

  Kawamura, Kaz ^a   Sunanaga, Takeshi ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gonad; Myc; Piwi; Tunicate; Vasa; Vascular bud

Indexed keywords

MYC PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PIWI PROTEIN; PROTEIN VASA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BOTRYLLUS PRIMIGENUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GERM CELL; GONAD REGENERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STEM CELL; TESTIS; TISSUE REGENERATION; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; GONADS; MALE; OOCYTES; OVARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; STEM CELLS; TESTIS; UROCHORDATA;

BOTRYLLUS PRIMIGENUS;

EID: 82855165052     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: 18726356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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