The scaleless wings mutant in Bombyx mori is associated with a lack of scale precursor cell differentiation followed by excessive apoptosis

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 216, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 721-726

  Zhou, Qing Xiang ^a   Li, Yi Nü ^a   Shen, Xing Jia ^a   Yi, Yong Zhu ^b   Zhang, Yao Zhou ^b   Zhang, Zhi Fang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bm ASH1; Bombyx mori; Scaleless wings mutant; Wing scale

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; DNA; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ASH1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INSECT GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPATION; RECESSIVE GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILKWORM; SPECIES COMPARISON; STEM CELL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA PRIMERS; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 33750471943     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-006-0091-6     Document Type: Article

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