Gene Expression Patterns in the Outer Mantle Epithelial Cells Associated with Pearl Sac Formation

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 474-483

  Inoue, Nariaki ^a   Ishibashi, Ryo ^a   Ishikawa, Takashi ^a   Atsumi, Takashi ^b   Aoki, Hideo ^b   Komaru, Akira ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mie Prefecture Fisheries Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Pearl; Pearl sac; Pinctada fucata; Shell matrix proteins

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; GEMS; GENES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MOLLUSCS; PROTEINS; SHELLFISH;

EXPRESSION LEVELS; EXPRESSION PATTERNS; GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS; PEARL; PEARL FORMATIONS; PEARL SAC; PINCTADA FUCATA; SHELL MATRIX PROTEINS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CELL ORGANELLE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HERB; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MATRIX; MOLLUSC; PROTEIN;

OSTREIDAE; PINCTADA; PINCTADA FUCATA;

EID: 85027932661     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-010-9318-7     Document Type: Article

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