Differential expression profiling of components associated with exoskeletal hardening in crustaceans
Open Access
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Genomics
- Vol. 9 (1), 575
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-9-575
Abstract
Exoskeletal hardening in crustaceans can be attributed to mineralization and sclerotization of the organic matrix. Glycoproteins have been implicated in the calcification process of many matrices. Sclerotization, on the other hand, is catalysed by phenoloxidases, which also play a role in melanization and the immunological response in arthropods. Custom cDNA microarrays from Portunus pelagicus were used to identify genes possibly associated with the activation pathways involved in these processes.Keywords
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