Identification of four small molecular mass proteins in the silk of Bombyx mori

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 437-445

  Nirmala, X ^a   Mita, K ^b   Vanisree, V ^a   Zurovec M ^a   Sehnal, František ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agents; Lepidoptera; Protease inhibitor; Proteinase inhibitor; Seroin; Silk

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COCOON; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SILK; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BOMBYX; DATABASES, PROTEIN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GLYCOPROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SILK;

BOMBYX MORI; EUKARYOTA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0034771748     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0962-1075.2001.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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