Microarray-based gene expression profiles in multiple tissues of the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori

ABSTRACT: 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. In the present study, we surveyed gene expression in the A/MSG, the PSG, testis, ovary, fat body, midgut, integument, hemocyte, malpighian tubule, and head from silkworm individuals on day 3 of the fifth instar. In order to establish gene

ORGANISM(S): Bombyx mori

SUBMITTER: Ping Zhao 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-17571 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress