Identification and function of Abdominal-A in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-160

  Pan, M H ^a   Wang, X Y ^a   Chai, C L ^a   Zhang, C D ^a   Lu, C ^a   Xiang, Z H ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abd A; Bombyx mori; Embryonic development; RNAi

Indexed keywords

ABD A PROTEIN, INSECT; ABD-A PROTEIN, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SILKWORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVUM; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 62549118217     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00862.x     Document Type: Article

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