Molecular Cloning and Analysis of the Tryptophan oxygenase Gene in the Silkworm, Bombyx mori

Liu Yan; Meng Zhi-Qi; Niu Bao-Long; He Li-Hua; Weng Hong-Biao; Shen Wei-Feng

doi:10.1673/031.008.5401

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1 September 2008 Molecular Cloning and Analysis of the Tryptophan oxygenase Gene in the Silkworm, Bombyx mori

Liu Yan, Meng Zhi-Qi, Niu Bao-Long, He Li-Hua, Weng Hong-Biao, Shen Wei-Feng

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J. of Insect Science, 8(54):1-7 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1673/031.008.5401

Abstract

A Bombyx mori L. (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) gene encoding tryptophan oxygenase has been molecularly cloned and analyzed. The tryptophan oxygenase cDNA had 1374 nucleotides that encoded a 401 amino acid protein with an estimated molecular mass of 46.47 kDa and a PI of 5.88. RT-PCR analysis showed that the B. mori tryptophan oxygenase gene was transcribed in all examined stages. Tryptophan oxygenase proteins are relatively well conserved among different orders of arthropods.

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Liu Yan, Meng Zhi-Qi, Niu Bao-Long, He Li-Hua, Weng Hong-Biao, and Shen Wei-Feng "Molecular Cloning and Analysis of the Tryptophan oxygenase Gene in the Silkworm, Bombyx mori," Journal of Insect Science 8(54), 1-7, (1 September 2008). https://doi.org/10.1673/031.008.5401

Received: 4 June 2007; Accepted: 1 November 2007; Published: 1 September 2008

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