Transgenic analysis of the BmBLOS2 gene that governs the translucency of the larval integument of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 659-667

  Fujii, T ^a   Daimon, T ^a   Uchino, K ^b   Banno, Y ^c   Katsuma, S ^a   Sezutsu, H ^b   Tamura, T ^b   Shimada, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BLOC 1; BLOS2; Hermansky Pudlak syndrome (HPS); Lepidoptera; lysosome related organelles; urate granule

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SILKWORM; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BOMBYX; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, INSECT; LARVA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSGENES; URIC ACID;

BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77956578190     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01020.x     Document Type: Article

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