Molecular Cloning, Expression and Characterization of BmIDGF Gene from Bombyx mori

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 65, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 277-283

  Pan, Ye ^a   Chen, Keping ^a   Xia, Hengchuan ^a   Yao, Qin ^a   Gao, Lu ^a   Lü, Peng ^a   Huojuan, ^a   He, Yuanqing ^a   Wang, Lin ^b  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Quarantine Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; IDGF; Subcellular Localization

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXON; GENETICS; INTRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILKWORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BOMBYX; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXONS; GLYCOPROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BOMBYX MORI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953035982     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2010-3-417     Document Type: Article

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