The silkworm-an attractive bioresource supplied by Japan

Experimental Animals

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-146

  Banno, Yutaka ^a   Shimada, Toru ^b   Kajiura, Zenta ^c   Sezutsu, Hideki ^d  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioresource; Bombyx mori; Domesticated animal; NBRP silkworm

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

AGRICULTURAL SPECIES; BIOASSAY; BIOMEDICINE; BIORESOURCE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DOMESTICATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LIBRARY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; JAPAN; LIFE CYCLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SILKWORM; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; WILD ANIMAL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BOMBYX; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; GENOMICS; JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77954619126     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.59.139     Document Type: Review

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