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- Title
Deep sequencing of ESTs from nacreous and prismatic layer producing tissues and a screen for novel shell formation-related genes in the pearl oyster.
- Authors
Kinoshita, Shigeharu; Wang, Ning; Inoue, Haruka; Maeyama, Kaoru; Okamoto, Kikuhiko; Nagai, Kiyohito; Kondo, Hidehiro; Hirono, Ikuo; Asakawa, Shuichi; Watabe, Shugo
- Abstract
Despite its economic importance, we have a limited understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying shell formation in pearl oysters, wherein the calcium carbonate crystals, nacre and prism, are formed in a highly controlled manner. We constructed comprehensive expressed gene profiles in the shell-forming tissues of the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata and identified novel shell formation-related genes candidates.
- Publication
PloS one, 2011, Vol 6, Issue 6, pe21238
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0021238