Purification and properties of double-stranded RNA-degrading nuclease, dsRNase, from the digestive juice of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-62

  Arimatsu, Yuji ^a   Furuno, Tetsuo ^a   Sugimura, Yukio ^a   Togoh, Masako ^a   Ishihara, Ryoji ^a   Tokizane, Makoto ^a   Kotani, Eiji ^a   Hayashi, Yoshiyuki ^b   Furusawa, Toshiharu ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Kinugasa Textile Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaline nuclease; Bombyx mori; Digestive juice; Double stranded RNA

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE NUCLEASE; BOMBYX MORI; DIGESTIVE JUICE; DIVALENT CATION; DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; PURIFIED ENZYME;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYMES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PURIFICATION; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; VIRUSES;

RNA;

BOMBYX MORI; CYPOVIRUS;

BOMBYX MORI; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; FILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PURIFICATION; SERICULTURE; SILKWORM;

EID: 33846232493     PISSN: 13468073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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