Cloning and expression analysis of the Bombyx mori !-amylase gene (Amy) from the Indigenous Thai silkworm Strain, Nanglai

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ngernyuang, Nipaporn ^a   Kobayashi, Isao ^b   Promboon, Amornrat ^a   Ratanapo, Sunanta ^a   Tamura, Toshiki ^b   Ngernsiri, Lertluk ^a  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amy; Bombyx mori; GAL4 UAS; silkworm

Indexed keywords

BOMBYCIDAE; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA;

AMYLASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INSECT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SILKWORM; THAILAND;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THAILAND;

EID: 79955554936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.011.0138     Document Type: Article

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