Analysis of ESTs and gene expression patterns of the posterior silkgland in the fifth instar larvae of silkworm, Bombyx mori L.

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-33

  Zhong, Boxiong ^a   Yu, Yingpo ^b   Xu, Yusong ^a   Yu, Hong ^b   Lu, Xingmeng ^a   Miao, Yungen ^a   Yang, Jun ^b   Xu, Hao ^b   Hu, Songnian ^b   Lou, Chengfu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Expressed sequence tag (EST); Fibroin; Gene expression and regulation; Silkgland; Silkworm Bombyx mori L.

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX MORI;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIBROIN; INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; SILK; SILKWORM; TIME;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FIBROINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; INSECT PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SILK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21944434011     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04yc0062     Document Type: Article

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