Erratum: Ras1CA overexpression in the posterior silk gland improves silk yield (Cell Research (2011) 21 (991) DOI: 10.1038/cr.2011.36);Ras1 CA overexpression in the posterior silk gland improves silk yield

Cell Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 934-943

  Ma, Li ^a   Xu, Hanfu ^b   Zhu, Jinqi ^a   Ma, Sanyuan ^b   Liu, Yan ^a   Jiang, Rong Jing ^a   Xia, Qingyou ^b   Li, Sheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; cell size; GAL4 UAS; posterior silk gland; protein synthesis; silk yield

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 79960045672     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2011.93     Document Type: Erratum

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