Expression profiles of nine biomineralization genes and their relationship with pearl nacre thickness in the pearl oyster,Pinctada fucata martensiiDunker

Shell matrix protein genes derived from donor expressed in pearl sac of Akoya pearl oysters (Pinctada fucata) under pearl culture

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Expressed sequence tags 454 sequencing and biomineralization gene expression for pearl sac of the pearl oyster,Pinctada fucata martensii

(2013) Xin Zhan et al.   AQUACULTURE RESEARCH

Pearl Microstructure and Expression of Shell Matrix Protein Genes MSI31 and MSI60 in the Pearl Sac Epithelium of Pinctada fucata by In Situ Hybridization

(2013) Yu Sato et al.   PLoS One

Characterization of the Pearl Oyster (Pinctada martensii) Mantle Transcriptome Unravels Biomineralization Genes

(2012) Yaohua Shi et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Identification of Genes Potentially Related to Biomineralization and Immunity by Transcriptome Analysis of Pearl Sac in Pearl Oyster Pinctada martensii

(2012) Xiaoxia Zhao et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Transcriptome analysis of biomineralisation-related genes within the pearl sac: Host and donor oyster contribution

(2012) E.L. McGinty et al.   Marine Genomics

Quantitative expression of shell matrix protein genes and their correlations with shell traits in the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata

(2011) Lijuan Zhang et al.   AQUACULTURE

Deep Sequencing of ESTs from Nacreous and Prismatic Layer Producing Tissues and a Screen for Novel Shell Formation-Related Genes in the Pearl Oyster

(2011) Shigeharu Kinoshita et al.   PLoS One

Xenografts and pearl production in two pearl oyster species, P. maxima and P. margaritifera: Effect on pearl quality and a key to understanding genetic contribution

(2010) Erin L. McGinty et al.   AQUACULTURE

Gene expression patterns and pearl formation in the Japanese pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata): A comparison of gene expression patterns between the pearl sac and mantle tissues

(2010) Nariaki Inoue et al.   AQUACULTURE

Transcriptome and proteome analysis of Pinctada margaritifera calcifying mantle and shell: focus on biomineralization

(2010) Caroline Joubert et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Can the Quality of Pearls from the Japanese Pearl Oyster (Pinctada fucata) be Explained by the Gene Expression Patterns of the Major Shell Matrix Proteins in the Pearl Sac?

(2010) Nariaki Inoue et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

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

(2010) Nariaki Inoue et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Quantitative expression analysis of nacreous shell matrix protein genes in the process of pearl biogenesis

(2009) Ning Wang et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Expression of genes responsible for biomineralization of Pinctada fucata during development

(2009) Yoko Miyazaki et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

An Acidic Matrix Protein, Pif, Is a Key Macromolecule for Nacre Formation

(2009) M. Suzuki et al.   SCIENCE