Identification of a pou2 ortholog in Chinese sturgeon, Acipenser sinensis and its expression patterns in tissues, immature individuals and during embryogenesis

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 929-942

  Ye, Huan ^a,b   Du, Hao ^b   Chen, Xi Hua ^b   Cao, Hong ^c   Liu, Tao ^a,b   Li, Chuang Ju ^b  

^a SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aspou2; Chinese sturgeon; Cloning; Gene expression; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

FISH PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ACIPENSER SINENSIS; ANURA; DANIO RERIO; ORYZIAS; ORYZIINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84864280084     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-011-9579-8     Document Type: Article

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