cDNA cloning and mRNA expression of l-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine decarboxylase gene homologue from the silkworm, bombyx mori

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 997-1002

  Hwang, Jae Sam ^a   Kang, Seok Woo ^a   Goo, Tae Won ^a   Yun, Eun Young ^a   Lee, Jin Sung ^a   Kwon, O Yu ^b   Chun, Taehoon ^c   Suzuki, Yuriko ^d   Fujiwara, Haruhiko ^d  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Diapause; Dopamine; Ecdysteroid; L 3,4 dihydroxyphenylalanine decarboxylase; Suboesophageal ganglion

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLYASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ECDYSTEROID; L 3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE DECARBOXYLASE, BOMBYX MORI; L-3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE DECARBOXYLASE, BOMBYX MORI; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SILKWORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; CARBOXY-LYASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ECDYSTEROIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0037742402     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024035424317     Document Type: Article

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