Novel female-specific trans-spliced and alternative splice forms of dsx in the silkworm Bombyx mori

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 431, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 630-635

  Duan, Jianping ^a   Xu, Hanfu ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Ma, Sanyuan ^a   Zha, Xingfu ^a   Guo, Huizhen ^a   Zhao, Ping ^a   Xia, Qingyou ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Doublesex; Sexual development; Trans splicing

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; PHEROMONE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOMBYX MORI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLESEX GENE; DSR1 GENE; DSR2 GENE; EMBRYO; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VALIDITY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BOMBYX; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TESTIS; TRANS-SPLICING;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 84873719745     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.12.062     Document Type: Article

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