Retinoid X receptor (RXR), estrogen receptor (ER) and other nuclear receptors in tissues of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis: Cloning and transcription pattern

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 178-190

  Raingeard, Damien ^a   Bilbao, Eider ^a   Cancio, Ibon ^a   Cajaraville, Miren P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

E75; ER; Gene transcription pattern; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Nuclear receptors; RXR; Season; Tissue transcription

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOID X RECEPTOR;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLONING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUSSEL; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PEROXISOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREMATODE;

ARTHROPODA; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; TREMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84875799600     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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