Identification and developmental expression of a Bombyx mori α-tubulin gene

Gene

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-94

  Hachouf Gherras, Saliha ^a   Thérèse Besson, Marie ^a   Bosquet, Georges ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

20 hydroxyecdysone; Insects; Morphogenesis; Tissue specific expression; Tubulin family

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ECDYSTERONE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILKWORM;

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032536488     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00660-4     Document Type: Article

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