Analysis of α- and β-tubulin genes of Bombyx mori using an EST database

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 131-137

  Kawasaki, Hideki ^a   Sugaya, Kimihiko ^b   Quan, Guo Xing ^a,c   Nohata, Junko ^c   Mita, Kazuei ^c  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

EST; Expression; Phylogenetic analysis; Testis; Wing disc

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TUBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILKWORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TUBULIN;

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LEPIDOPTERA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0037211712     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(02)00184-4     Document Type: Article

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