The profiles of mRNA levels for BHR39, a Bombyx homolog of Drosophila hormone receptor 39, and Bombyx FTZ-F1 in the course of embryonic development and diapause

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 207, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 410-412

  Niimi, Teruyuki ^a   Morita, Seiji ^a,b   Yamashita, Okitsugu ^a   Yaginuma, Toshinobu ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fiacao de Seda BRATAC s/a   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BHR39; BmFTZ F1; Bombyx mori; Diapause; Embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HORMONE RECEPTOR; IDITOL DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SILKWORM;

EID: 0031445250     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050130     Document Type: Short Survey

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