Expression of Calcium Transport Proteins in the Extraembryonic Membranes of a Viviparous Snake, virginia striatula

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 318, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 250-256

  Fregoso, Santiago P ^a,b   Stewart, James R ^a   Ecay, Tom W ^b  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; PLASMA MEMBRANE CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLUBRIDAE; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; COLUBRIDAE; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MISSOURI; PLASMA MEMBRANE CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VIRGINIA STRIATULA;

EID: 84864037502     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22002     Document Type: Article

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