Cloning and alternative splicing analysis of Bombyx mori transformer-2 gene using silkworm EST database

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 728-736

  Niu, Bao Long ^a   Meng, Zhi Qi ^a   Tao, Yue Zhi ^a   Lu, Shun Lin ^b   Weng, Hong Biao ^a   He, Li Hua ^a   Shen, Wei Feng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Bmtra 2; Bombyx mori; EST database; Gene clone; Transformer 2 gene

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX MORI;

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TRA2 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILKWORM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATABASES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33644801887     PISSN: 16729145     EISSN: 17457270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7270.2005.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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