Identification and analysis of Toll-related genes in the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 464-475

  Cheng, Ting Cai ^a   Zhang, Yu Li ^a   Liu, Chun ^a   Xu, Ping Zhen ^a   Gao, Zhi hong ^a   Xia, Qing You ^a   Xiang, Zhong Huai ^a  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Expression; Innate immunity; Microarray; Toll related genes

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 10; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 11; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 6; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 8; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SILKWORM;

BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 38649136982     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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