Transcription factors BmPOUM2 and BmβFTZ-F1 are involved in regulation of the expression of the wing cuticle protein gene BmWCP4 in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-60

  Deng, H ^a   Zheng, S ^a   Yang, X ^a   Liu, L ^a   Feng, Q ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

FTZ F1; cis regulatory elements; cuticle protein; ecdysone; POUM2; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CUTICLE PROTEINS, INSECTS; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ECDYSTERONE; INSECT PROTEIN; JUVENILE HORMONE; STEROID RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SILKWORM;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECDYSTERONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; JUVENILE HORMONES; RECEPTORS, STEROID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WING;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 78651333177     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01041.x     Document Type: Article

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