Transcription element responsible for the brain cell-specific expression of the Bombyxin gene that encodes an insect insulin-related peptide

Zoological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 543-549

  Salam, Salah Eldin Abdel ^a   Moto, Ken'ichi ^a,b   Sakurai, Sho ^a   Iwami, Masafumi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035343934     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.18.543     Document Type: Article

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