Bombyxin gene expression in tissues other than brain detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and in situ hybridization

Experientia

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 882-887

  Iwami, M ^a   Tanaka, A ^a   Hano, N ^a   Sakurai, S ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Insulin; Insulin like growth factor; Neurosecretory peptide; Oligotex reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Ovary

Indexed keywords

BOMBYXIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPIDERMIS; FAT BODY; GANGLION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; MIDGUT; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILKWORM; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; MALPIGHIA;

EID: 0029817054     PISSN: 00144754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01938875     Document Type: Article

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