The homolog of Ciboulot in the termite (Hodotermopsis sjostedti): A multimeric β-thymosin involved in soldier-specific morphogenesis

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Koshikawa, Shigeyuki ^a,b   Cornette, Richard ^a,c   Matsumoto, Tadao ^d   Miura, Toru ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; HODOTERMOPSIS SJOESTEDTI; ISOPTERA; TERMOPSIDAE;

INSECT PROTEIN; THYMOSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; INSECT PROTEINS; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; THYMOSIN;

EID: 77953126120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-10-63     Document Type: Article

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