A genome-wide analysis of genes and gene families involved in innate immunity of Bombyx mori

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1087-1110

  Tanaka, Hiromitsu ^a   Ishibashi, Jun ^a   Fujita, Kosuke ^a   Nakajima, Yoshiro ^a   Sagisaka, Aki ^a   Tomimoto, Kazuya ^a   Suzuki, Noriko ^a   Yoshiyama, Mikio ^a   Kaneko, Yoichi ^b   Iwasaki, Takashi ^b   Sunagawa, Tomoya ^b   Yamaji, Kayoko ^b   Asaoka, Ai ^a   Mita, Kazuei ^a   Yamakawa, Minoru ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Gene evolution; Gene expression; Gene family; Insect immunity; Signaling pathways

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SILKWORM;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; GENOME, INSECT; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 59649097832     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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