Functional analysis of ultrabithorax in the silkworm, bombyx mori, using RNAi

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 219, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 437-444

  Masumoto, Mika ^a,b   Yaginuma, Toshinobu ^a   Niimi, Teruyuki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal appendages; Bombyx mori; Embryonic RNAi; Ultrabithorax

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HOX PROTEIN; ULTRABITHORAX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SILKWORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EXTREMITIES; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA INTERFERENCE;

BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 76449106546     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-009-0305-9     Document Type: Article

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