Cloning of a putative Bombyx mori TFIIB-related factor (BRF)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 55-67

  Martinez, M Juanita ^a   Sprague, Karen U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; BRF; TFIIIB; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIB;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILKWORM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BOMBYX; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIB;

EID: 0142182218     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.10120     Document Type: Article

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