Novel Genes Participating in the Formation of Prismatic and Nacreous Layers in the Pearl Oyster as Revealed by Their Tissue Distribution and RNA Interference Knockdown

• Daisuke Funabara ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Daisuke Funabara, Fumito Ohmori, Shigeharu Kinoshita

  * E-mail: funabara@bio.mie-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan

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• Fumito Ohmori ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Daisuke Funabara, Fumito Ohmori, Shigeharu Kinoshita

  Affiliation Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Shigeharu Kinoshita ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Daisuke Funabara, Fumito Ohmori, Shigeharu Kinoshita

  Affiliation Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hiroki Koyama,

  Affiliation Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Saeri Mizutani,

  Affiliation Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan

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• Ayaka Ota,

  Affiliation Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan

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• Yuki Osakabe,

  Affiliation Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan

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• Kiyohito Nagai,

  Affiliation Pearl Research Laboratory, K. Mikimoto & Co., Ltd., Shima, Mie, Japan

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• Kaoru Maeyama,

  Affiliation Mikimoto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ise, Mie, Japan

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• Kikuhiko Okamoto,

  Affiliation Mikimoto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ise, Mie, Japan

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• Satoshi Kanoh,

  Affiliation Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan

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• Shuichi Asakawa,

  Affiliation Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Shugo Watabe

  Affiliations Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan, Kitasato University School of Marine Bioscience, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

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