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    Clone and functional analysis of Seryl-tRNA synthetase and Tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase from silkworm, Bombyx mori

    Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are the key enzymes for protein synthesis. Glycine, alanine, serine and tyrosine are the major amino acids composing fibroin of silkworm. Among them, the genes of alanyl-tRNA synthet...

    **gsheng Hu, Jianghai Tian, Fanchi Li, Bin Xue, Jiahuan Hu in Scientific Reports (2017)

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    Effects of TiO2 NPs on Silkworm Growth and Feed Efficiency

    Silkworm (Bombyx mori) (B. mori) is an economically important insect and a model species for Lepidoptera. It has been reported that feeding of low concentrations of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) can i...

    YangYang Li, Min Ni, FanChi Li, Hua Zhang, KaiZun Xu in Biological Trace Element Research (2016)

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    Effects of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles on the Synthesis of Fibroin in Silkworm (Bombyx mori)

    Silkworm (Bombyx mori) is an economically important insect, and its silk production capacity largely depends on its ability to synthesize fibroin. While breeding of B. mori varieties has been a key strategy to im...

    Min Ni, FanChi Li, JiangHai Tian, **gSheng Hu in Biological Trace Element Research (2015)

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    Molecular Signatures of Reduced Nerve Toxicity by CeCl3 in Phoxim-exposed Silkworm Brains

    CeCl3 can reduce the damage caused by OP pesticides, in this study we used the brain of silkworms to investigate the mechanism of CeCl3 effects on pesticide resistance. The results showed that phoxim treatments l...

    Binbin Wang, Fanchi Li, Min Ni, Hua Zhang, Kaizun Xu, Jianghai Tian in Scientific Reports (2015)

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    Nanoparticulate TiO2 Protection of Midgut Damage in the Silkworm (Bombyx mori) Following Phoxim Exposure

    Bombyx mori (B. mori) is often subjected to phoxim poisoning in China due to phoxim exposure, which leads to a decrease in silk production. Nanoparticulate (NP) titanium dioxide (nano-TiO2) has b...

    Ling Wang, Mingyu Su, **aoyang Zhao in Archives of Environmental Contamination an… (2015)

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    Effect of TiO2 Nanoparticles on the Reproduction of Silkworm

    Silkworm (Bombyx mori) is an important economic insect and the model insect of Lepidoptera. Because of its high fecundity and short reproduction cycle, it has been widely used in reproduction and development rese...

    Min Ni, Fanchi Li, Binbin Wang, Kaizun Xu, Hua Zhang in Biological Trace Element Research (2015)

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    Effects of the Biosynthesis and Signaling Pathway of Ecdysterone on Silkworm (Bombyx mori) Following Exposure to Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles

    Silkworm (Bombyx mori), a model Lepidoptera insect, is economically important. Its growth and development are regulated by endogenous hormones. During the process of transition from larvae to pupae, 20-hydroxyecd...

    Fanchi Li, Zhiya Gu, Binbin Wang, Yi **e, Lie Ma, Kaizun Xu in Journal of Chemical Ecology (2014)

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    Effects of Feeding Silkworm with Nanoparticulate Anatase TiO2 (TiO2 NPs) on Its Feed Efficiency

    This study aimed to investigate the effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) on feed efficiency of silkworm (Bombyx mori) (B. mori). The results showed that the amount of ingested food was increased b...

    Hua Zhang, Min Ni, Fanchi Li, Kaizun Xu, Binbin Wang in Biological Trace Element Research (2014)

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    Cerium Chloride Improves Protein and Carbohydrate Metabolism of Fifth-Instar Larvae of Bombyx mori Under Phoxim Toxicity

    The organophosphorus pesticide poisoning of the silkworm Bombyx mori is one of the major events causing serious damage to sericulture. Added low-dose rare earths are demonstrated to increase resistance in animals...

    Bing Li, Yi **e, Zhe Cheng, Jie Cheng, Reng** Hu in Biological Trace Element Research (2012)

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    BmNPV Resistance of Silkworm Larvae Resulting from the Ingestion of TiO2 Nanoparticles

    Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) causes infection in the silkworm that is often lethal. The infection is hard to prevent, partly because of the nature of the virus particles and partly be...

    Bing Li, Yi **e, Zhe Cheng, Jie Cheng, Reng** Hu in Biological Trace Element Research (2012)

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    Effects of Added CeCl3 on Resistance of Fifth-Instar Larvae of Silkworm to Bombyx mori Nucleopolyhedrovirus Infection

    One of the most important agents causing lethal disease in the silkworm is the Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV), while low-dose rare earths are demonstrated to increase immune capacity in animals. However...

    Bing Li, Yi **e, Zhe Cheng, Jie Cheng, Reng** Hu in Biological Trace Element Research (2012)

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    Expression of UreB and HspA of Helicobacter pylori in silkworm pupae and identification of its immunogenicity

    For mass production of urease B subunit (UreB) and heat shock protein A subunit (HspA) of Helicobacter pylori with Bombyx mori nuclear polyhedrosis virus (BmNPV) baculovirus expression system (BES) and to determi...

    **aolin Zhang, Weide Shen, Ye Lu, **aojian Zheng, Renyu Xue in Molecular Biology Reports (2011)

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    Mechanism of fluorescent cocoon sex identification for silkworms Bombyx mori

    By using silkworms, Bombyx mori, fluorescent cocoon sex identification (FCSI) as an experimental material, direct fluorescence spectrometry of the cocoon surface indicates that the fluorescent color of silkworm c...

    YuQing Zhang, **aoHua Yu, WeiDe Shen, YongLei Ma, Li**a Zhou in Science China Life Sciences (2010)

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    The Transgenic BmN Cells with Polyhedrin Gene: A Potential Way to Improve the Recombinant Baculovirus Infection Per Os to Insect Larvae

    The principle of baculovirus expression system is that substitute exogenous gene for polyhedrin (polh) gene, and the recombinant baculovirus lacks the ability to infect insect larvae by oral inoculation. In this ...

    Lu Chen, Weide Shen, Yan Wu, Bing Li in Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2009)

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    Identification of a single-nucleocapsid baculovirus isolated from Clanis bilineata tsingtauica (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

    A nucleopolyhedrovirus isolated from infected larvae of Clanis bilineata tsingtauica was characterized. Electron microscopical studies on the ultrastructure of C. bilineata nucleopolyhedrovirus (ClbiSNPV) occlusi...

    Liqun Wang, Jian** Yi, Shanying Zhu, Bing Li, Yan Chen in Archives of Virology (2008)

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    Cloning and sequence analysis of theAntheraea pernyi nucleopolyhedrovirusgp64 gene

    Frequent outbreaks of the purulence disease of Chinese oak silkworm are reported in Middle and Northeast China. The disease is produced by the pathogenAntheraea pernyi nucleopolyhedrovirus (AnpeNPV). To obtain mo...

    Wenbing Wang, Shanying Zhu, Liqun Wang, Feng Yu, Weide Shen in Journal of Biosciences (2005)