Characterization of Stra8 in Southern catfish (Silurus meridionalis): Evidence for its role in meiotic initiation

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Dong, Ranran ^a   Yang, Shijie ^a   Jiao, Jing ^a   Wang, Tingru ^a   Shi, Hongjuan ^a   Zhou, Linyan ^a   Zhang, Yaoguang ^a   Wang, Deshou ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Expression profile; Meiotic initiation; mRNA and protein; Silurus meridionalis; Stra8

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FISH PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; RETINOIC ACID; STIMULATED BY RETINOIC ACID GENE 8 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GERM CELL; GONAD; HATCHING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONIFORMES; SILURIFORMES; SILURUS MERIDIONALIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATFISHES; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; FISHES; GERM CELLS; GONADS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRETINOIN; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; SALMONIFORMES; SILURIFORMES; SILURUS MERIDIONALIS; TELEOSTEI; TETRAPODA;

EID: 84878006280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-14-11     Document Type: Article

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