Analysis of four achaete-scute homologs in Bombyx mori reveals new viewpoints of the evolution and functions of this gene family

BMC Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zhou, Qingxiang ^a   Zhang, Tianyi ^b   Xu, Weihua ^b   Yu, Linlin ^a   Yi, Yongzhu ^a   Zhang, Zhifang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; E BOX ELEMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT GENETICS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILKWORM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORELIMB; GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

BOMBYX MORI; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BOMBYX; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, INSECT; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); WING;

EID: 42449139158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-24     Document Type: Article

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