Molecular cloning and chromosomal localization of the Bombyx Sex-lethal gene

Genome

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 263-268

  Niimi, Teruyuki ^a   Sahara, Ken ^b   Oshima, Hiroyuki ^a   Yasukochi, Yuji ^c   Ikeo, Kazuho ^d   Traut, Walther ^e  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; BAC FISH; Bombyx mori; Sex lethal; Sxl

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; INSECT PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; EXON; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SILKWORM;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EXONS; GENES, INSECT; GENOME; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INSECT PROTEINS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33745526101     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g05-108     Document Type: Article

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