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Production of a non-triple helical collagen alpha chain in transgenic silkworms and its evaluation
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Identification of RAPD markers linked to digestive amylase genes using near isogenic lines
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Recent transposition of yabusame, a novel piggyBac-like transposable element in the genome
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Molecular analysis of sex chromosome-linked mutants in the silkworm Bombyx mori
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Transgenic analysis of the BmBLOS2 gene that governs the translucency of the larval integument
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Identification of a novel functional nuclear localization signal in the protein encoded by open
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Burst expansion, distribution and diversification of MITEs in the silkworm genome
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Gene structure, mRNA alternative splicing and expression pattern of chitin deacetylases in silkworm, Bombyx mori
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Molecular cloning, expression pattern and phylogenetic analysis of the will die slowly gene
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cDNA cloning and expression pattern of two enolase genes from the Chinese oak silkworm,
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Comparative genetic diversity and genetic structure of three Chinese silkworm species Bombyx mori L. (Lepidoptera : Bombycidae), Antheraea pernyi Guérin-Meneville and Samia cynthia ricini Donovan (Lepidoptera : Saturniidae)
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Amplified fragment length polymorphism mapping of quantitative trait loci for economically
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Structure and expression analysis of cbp gene in different natural colored-cocoon strains
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Tissue-specific gene expression analysis of silkworm (Bombyx mori) by quantitative
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Efficient silkworm expression of single-chain variable fragment antibody against ginsenoside
Re using Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus bacmid DNA system and its application in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for quality control of total ginsenosides
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Discovering microRNAs from Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrosis virus
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Production of recombinant Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus in silkworm by intrahaemocoelic injection with invasive diaminopimelate auxotrophic Escherichia coli containing BmNPV-Bacmid
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Identification of a male-specific RNA binding protein that regulates sex-specific splicing of Bmdsx by increasing RNA binding activity of BmPSI
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Targeted mutagenesis in the silkworm Bombyx mori using zinc finger nuclease mRNA injection
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Transgenic silkworms that weave recombinant proteins into silk cocoons
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Using chimeric piggyBac transpocase to achieve directed interplasmid transposition in silkworm Bombyx mori and fruit fly Drosophilia cells
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Chromosomal localization and phylogenetic analysis of bHLH genes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori
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An analysis on cocoon color inheritance pattern and tissue flavonoid content of Bombyx mori
green cocoon variety G1
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Identification and characterization of Sox genes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori
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Identification and expression analysis of minichromosome maintenance proteins in the silkworm, Bombyx mori
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Identification and characterization of the DNA replication origin recognition complex gene
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The ionotropic & gamma;-aminobutyric acid receptor gene family of the silkworm, Bombyx mori YU L.L., CUI Y.L., LANG G.J., ZHANG M.Y. and ZHANG C.X.
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SSR based mapping analysis of No-glue (Ng) gene in silkworm, Bombyx mori
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Quantitative analysis of expression of six BmGST genes in silkworm, Bombyx mori
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Two Tor genes in the silkworm Bombyx mori
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Drosophila intersex orthologue in the silkworm, Bombyx mori and related species
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Transcription factors BmPOUM2 and BmbetaFTZ-F1 are involved in regulation of the expression
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Microarray-based gene expression profiles of silkworm brains
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An efficient binary system for gene expression in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, using GAL4 variants
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An expressed sequence tag collection from the male antennae of the noctuid moth Spodoptera littoralis : a ressource for alfactory and phenomene detection research
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Experimental RNomics and genomic comparative analysis reveal a large group of species-specific
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Identification of two arginases generated by alternative splicing in the silkworm, Bombyx mori
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Construction, expression, and characterization of a single-chain variable fragment antibody
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Diversity in copy number and structure of a silkworm morphogenetic gene as a result
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Positional cloning of silkworm white egg 2 (w-2) locus shows functional conservation
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Molecular cloning and characterization of lactate dehydrogenase gene 1 in the silkworm,
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Isolation of BAC clones containing conserved genes from libraries of three distantly related
moths : a useful resource for comparative genomics of Lepidoptera
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