Identification of divergent homologs of Chironomus tentans sp185 and its balbiani ring 3 gene in Australasian species of Chironomus and Kiefferulus

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 465-473

  Martin, Jon ^a   Hoffman, Rosemary T ^b   Case, Steven T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid composition; Cysteine containing motif; Diptera; Immunoblotting; In situ hybridization; Polytene chromosomes; Salivary gland; Silk protein

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; SILK;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BALBIANI RING; CHIRONOMIDAE; DNA LIBRARY; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; SALIVARY GLAND; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030136307     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0965-1748(96)00002-1     Document Type: Article

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