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Open AccessClone 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...
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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...
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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...
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Open AccessMolecular 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...