Identification and characterization of globin genes from two lepidopteran insects, Bombyx mori and Samia cynthia ricini

Gene

Volumn 431, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 33-38

  Kawaoka, Shinpei ^a   Katsuma, Susumu ^a   Meng, Yan ^a   Hayashi, Nobumitsu ^a   Mita, Kazuei ^b   Shimada, Toru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Globin; Insect; Samia cynthia ricini

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CELL PROTEIN; GLOBIN; HEMOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BMGLOBIN GENE; CELL LINE; CYTOPLASM; FAT BODY; FRACTIONATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GLOBIN GENE; INSECT; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN AFFINITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMIA CYNTHIA RICINI; SCGLOBIN GENE; SILKWORM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLOBINS; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; SAMIA CYNTHIA RICINI;

EID: 58149308298     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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