Altered expression of testis-specific genes, piRNAs, and transposons in the silkworm ovary masculinized by a W chromosome mutation

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hara, Kahori ^a   Fujii, Tsuguru ^a   Suzuki, Yutaka ^b   Sugano, Sumio ^b   Shimada, Toru ^a   Katsuma, Susumu ^a   Kawaoka, Shinpei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE MASCULINIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHROMOSOME; SILKWORM; TRANSPOSON; VIRILIZATION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; TESTIS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX MORI;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BOMBYX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MUTATION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVARY; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEX CHROMOSOMES; TESTIS;

EID: 84858967843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-119     Document Type: Article

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