Expression of the Japanese oak silkworm Antheraea yamamai fibroin gene in the domesticated silkworm Bombyx mori

Insect Science

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 465-473

  Kobayashi, Isao ^a   Kojima, Katsura ^a   Sezutsu, Hideki ^a   Uchino, Keiro ^a   Tamura, Toshiki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antheraea yamamai; Bombyx mori; Evolution; Fibroin; Silk; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ANTHERAEA; ANTHERAEA YAMAMAI; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; LITHOCARPUS GLABER;

EID: 70849085448     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2009.01293.x     Document Type: Article

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