Disruption of an N-acetyltransferase gene in the silkworm reveals a novel role in pigmentation

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 4083-4090

  Zhan, Shuai ^a,b   Guo, Qiuhong ^a   Li, Minghui ^a   Li, Muwang ^c   Li, Jianyong ^d   Miao, Xuexia ^a   Huang, Yongping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lepidoptera; N acetyltransferase (NAT); Pigmentation; Silkworm

Indexed keywords

ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MELANIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DROSOPHILA; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MALE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSIS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); RNA INTERFERENCE; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SILKWORM; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; CHROMOSOMES, INSECT; GENE DELETION; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC LOCI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; PIGMENTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 78649813006     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.053678     Document Type: Article

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