Proteomic identification of the silkworm (Bombyx mori L) prothoracic glands during the fifth instar stage

Bioscience Reports

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-129

  Wu, Xiao Feng ^a   Li, Xing Hua ^a   Yue, Wan Fu ^a   Roy, Bhaskar ^a   Li, Guang Li ^a   Liu, Jian Mei ^a   Zhong, Bo Xiong ^a   Gao, Qi Kang ^b   David, Wan Chi Cheong ^c   Miao, Yun Gen ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Arginine methyltransferase; Ecdysteroid; Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight MS (MALDI TOF MS); Prothoracic gland; Silkworm (Bombyx mori L)

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CORPUS ALLATUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEOMICS; SILK; SILKWORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; CORPORA ALLATA; ECDYSTEROIDS; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEOME; PROTEOMICS; SILK;

EID: 66349108074     PISSN: 01448463     EISSN: 15734935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSR20080076     Document Type: Article

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