Identification of conserved microRNAs in Bombyx mori (silkworm) and regulation of fibroin L chain production by microRNAs in heterologous system

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1066-1071

  Cao, Jun ^a   Tong, Chuanzhou ^a   Wu, Xiaojie ^a   Lv, Jianning ^a   Yang, Zhaolin ^a   Jin, Yongfeng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agroinfiltration; Fibroin L chain; Identification; MicroRNA; Silkworm; Targets

Indexed keywords

FIBROIN; INSECT PROTEIN; L CHAIN, FIBROIN PROTEIN, INSECT; L-CHAIN, FIBROIN PROTEIN, INSECT; MICRORNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INSECT; LARVA; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SILKWORM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FIBROINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MICRORNAS; OVULATION; PUPA;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 59649091117     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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