A transgenic silkworm expressing the immune-inducible cecropin B-GFP reporter gene

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 429-434

  Imamura, Morikazu ^a   Nakahara, Yuichi ^a   Kanda, Toshio ^a   Tamura, Toshiki ^a   Taniai, Kiyoko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Cecropin B; Insect immunity; Transgenic silkworm

Indexed keywords

CECROPIN B PROTEIN, INSECTA; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LARVA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; REPORTER GENE; SILKWORM; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BOMBYX; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTA;

EID: 33646122881     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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