Rescue of oq, og and ogt mutants by injection of xanthine oxidase

Journal of Sericultural Science of Japan

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-117

  Tamura, Toshiki ^a   Kanda, Toshio ^a   Komoto, Natuo ^a   Yukuhiro, Kenji ^a   Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi ^a   Fujii, Hiroshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx; nitrogen pathway; oq; Silkworm; transgenic; xanthine dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963493256     PISSN: 00372455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11416/kontyushigen1930.68.111     Document Type: Article

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