Isolation and particular expression of a new β-tubulin gene in wing discs during metamorphosis of Bombyx mori

Journal of Sericultural Science of Japan

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-50

  Quan, Guo Xing ^a   Kanke, Elji ^a   Kawasaki, Hldeki ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; ecdysteroid; evagination; metamorphosis; tracheole migration; wing disc; tubulin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002070538     PISSN: 00372455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11416/kontyushigen1930.67.43     Document Type: Article

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