How Egg Case Proteins Can Protect Cuttlefish Offspring?

Sepia officinalis egg protection is ensured by a complex capsule produced by the female accessory genital glands and the ink bag. Our study is focused on the proteins constituting the main egg case. De novo transcriptomes from female genital glands provided essential databases for protein identifica...

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Main Authors: Valérie Cornet, Joël Henry, Didier Goux, Emilie Duval, Benoit Bernay, Gildas Le Corguillé, Erwan Corre, Céline Zatylny-Gaudin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4500399?pdf=render