Distribution of Bm1, a SINE type transposable element, in cecropin B genes of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 813-817

  Taniai, Kiyoko ^a   Yamakawa, Minoru ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptide; Bm1; Bombyx mori; Cecropin B gene; Insect immunity; SINE; Southern blotting

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CECROPIN B; DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

BOMBYX MORI; INSECTA;

EID: 0031845724     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)00058-3     Document Type: Article

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