Identification and characterization of cryptochrome4 in the ovary of western clawed frog xenopus tropicalis

Zoological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 152-159

  Takeuchi, Takahiro ^a   Kubo, Yoko ^a   Okano, Keiko ^a   Okano, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

circadian clock; clock related molecule; oocyte; ovary; photoreceptor; testis; testiscryptochrome

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CRYPTOCHROME; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYPTOCHROMES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; XENOPUS;

EID: 84896772143     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.31.152     Document Type: Article

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