Molecular cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding a larval cuticle protein of Bombyx mori

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-109

  Shofuda, Ken Ichi ^a,c   Togawa, Torn ^a   Nakato, Hiroshi ^a   Tomino, Shiro ^b   Izumi, Susumu ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TERUMO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; cDNA cloning; Cuticle protein; Ecdysis; Juvenile hormone; Northern hybridization; Orthologous gene; Primary structure

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; JUVENILE HORMONE DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; METHOPRENE; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 0032978048     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)10151-7     Document Type: Article

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