Microarray-based gene expression profiles in multiple tissues of the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori.
We designed and constructed a genome-wide microarray with 22,987 70-mer oligonucleotides covering the presently known and predicted genes in the silkworm genome, and surveyed the gene expression in multiple silkworm tissues on day 3 of the fifth instar. Clusters of tissue-prevalent and tissue-specific genes and genes that are differentially expressed in different tissues were identified, and they reflect well major tissue-specific functions on the molecular level. The data presented in this study provide a new resource for annotating the silkworm genome.
Xia
Qingyou
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Key Sericultural Laboratory of Agricultural Ministry, Key Laboratory for Sericultural Sciences and Genomics of the Ministry of Education, College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing 400715, China. xiaqy@swu.edu.cn
Cheng
Daojun
D
Duan
Jun
J
Wang
Genhong
G
Cheng
Tingcai
T
Zha
Xingfu
X
Liu
Chun
C
Zhao
Ping
P
Dai
Fangyin
F
Zhang
Ze
Z
He
Ningjia
N
Zhang
Liang
L
Xiang
Zhonghuai
Z
D000818:Animals; D012831:Bombyx / Q000235:genetics*; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000379:methods*; D049750:Genome, Insect; D008297:Male; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000378:metabolism; D012727:Sex Characteristics
D009841:Oligonucleotides