Mutations in an amino acid transporter gene are responsible for sex-linked translucent larval skin of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 680-687

  Kiuchi, Takashi ^a   Banno, Yutaka ^b   Katsuma, Susumu ^a   Shimada, Toru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Os; Positional cloning; Solute carrier family; Translucent larval skin; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; INSECT PROTEIN; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SILKWORM; SKIN;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; URIC ACID;

BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959809185     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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