October 1, 2013ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Genome-Wide Survey of Genes Encoding Muscle Proteins in the Pearl Oyster,Pinctada fucata

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Population

Pearl oyster Pinctada fucata genome

Design

Preclinical

Authors

DFDaisuke FunabaraMie University DWDaiki WatanabeWaseda University NSNori SatohOkinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

Discussion

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Implication

Provides foundational data on molluscan muscle isoforms; leaves open translation to vertebrate cardiac models.

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Population

Pearl oyster Pinctada fucata genome

Intervention

BLAST searching and 3' RACE for gene annotation

Outcome

Identification of genes encoding muscle proteins (thick-filament, thin-filament, and PKA catalytic subunit)

Provides genomic annotation of muscle contraction-related proteins in the pearl oyster, aiding molecular understanding of molluscan muscle contraction.

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Funabara et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7e28998f0996dc933ba0b6 https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.30.817

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Genome-Wide Survey of Genes Encoding Muscle Proteins in the Pearl Oyster,Pinctada fucata

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Genome-Wide Survey of Genes Encoding Muscle Proteins in the Pearl Oyster,Pinctada fucata

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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