Identification of a novel strong and ubiquitous promoter/enhancer in the silkworm Bombyx mori

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1347-1357

  Tsubota, Takuya ^a   Uchino, Keiro ^a   Suzuki, Takao K ^a   Tanaka, Hiromitsu ^a   Kayukawa, Takumi ^a   Shinoda, Tetsuro ^a   Sezutsu, Hideki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enhancer trap; Hsp90; Promoter enhancer; Silkworm; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BOMBYX MORI; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG LAYING; ENHANCER REGION; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; HETEROZYGOTE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; LUCIFERASE ASSAY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 84904541006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.114.011643     Document Type: Article

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