A comparative analysis of serpin genes in the silkworm genome

Genomics

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 367-375

  Zou, Zhen ^a   Picheng, Zhao ^a   Weng, Hua ^a   Mita, Kazuei ^b   Jiang, Haobo ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Hemolymph protein; Insect immunity; Melanization; Serine protease inhibitor; Sp tzle processing

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; FAT BODY; HEMOLYMPH; IMMUNITY; INSECT GENETICS; INSECT GENOME; LARVA; MANDUCA SEXTA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SILKWORM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; GENES, INSECT; GENOME, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERPINS;

BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 61849184076     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: 10898646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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