G-protein alpha subunits distribution in the cyprid of Balanus amphitrite (=Amphibalanus amphitrite) (Cirripedia, Crustacea)

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1613-1622

  Gallus, Lorenzo ^a   Ferrando, Sara ^a   Gambardella, Chiara ^a   Amaroli, Andrea ^a   Faimali, Marco ^b   Piazza, Veronica ^b   Masini, Maria Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barnacle; Crustacean; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

PROTEINS;

ANTIFOULING STRATEGIES; BALANUS AMPHITRITE; BARNACLE; CRUSTACEA; CRUSTACEAN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; G PROTEIN; IMMUNOREACTIVITIES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LARVAL STAGE;

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMPHIBALANUS; AMPHITRITE; BALANIDAE; BALANUS AMPHITRITE; CIRRIPEDIA; CRUSTACEA; CYPRIDIDAE; THORACICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84870052782     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.22106     Document Type: Article

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