Involvement of the Bombyx Scr gene in development of the embryonic silk gland

Developmental Biology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 46-57

  Kokubo, Hiroki ^a   Ueno, Kohji ^a   Amanai, Kazuhito ^a,b   Suzuki, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE CONTROL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0031171678     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8578     Document Type: Article

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