Molecular cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding a novel cuticle protein in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 519-527

  Sawada, Hiroshi ^a   Nakato, Hiroshi ^b   Togawa, Toru ^c   Nakagoshi, Motoko ^a   Takikawa, Shin Ichiro ^a   Dohke, Kenjiro ^a   Iino, Teruhiko ^d   Mase, Keisuke ^e   Yamamoto, Toshio ^e   Izumi, Susumu ^c  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanine alanine proline valine repeat; Bombyx mori; cDNA cloning; Cuticle protein; Gene expression; Primary structure; R R consensus; RNA polymerase II

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CUTICLE PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA LIBRARY; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SILKWORM; TANDEM REPEAT;

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 0037333255     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00002-2     Document Type: Article

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