The nanos gene of Bombyx mori and its expression patterns in developmental embryos and larvae tissues

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 254-260

  Zhao, Guoli ^a   Chen, Keping ^a   Yao, Qin ^a   Wang, Weihua ^b   Wang, Yong ^a   Mu, Runhong ^c   Chen, Huiqing ^a   Yang, Huajun ^a   Zhou, Hongliang ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Development; Immunohistochemistry; Nanos; Primordial germ cells; RACE; Vasa; Western blot

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN NANOS; PROTEIN VASA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVAL STAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILKWORM; SPERMATOGONIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 39549085741     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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