Myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2) is a key modulator of the expression of the prothoracicotropic hormone gene in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 3853-3862

  Shiomi, Kunihiro ^a   Fujiwara, Yoshihiro ^a   Atsumi, Tsutomu ^a   Kajiura, Zenta ^a   Nakagaki, Masao ^a   Tanaka, Yoshiaki ^b   Mizoguchi, Akira ^c   Yaginuma, Toshinobu ^c   Yamashita, Okitsugu ^c,d  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Bombyx mori; MEF2; Metamorphosis and diapause; PTTH

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE;

ARTICLE; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BOMBYX; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; INSECT HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 23644445023     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04799.x     Document Type: Article

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