A germline transgenic silkworm that secretes recombinant proteins in the sericin layer of cocoon

Transgenic Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 449-465

  Tomita, Masahiro ^a   Hino, Rika ^a,b   Ogawa, Shingo ^a,b,c   Iizuka, Masashi ^a,b   Adachi, Takahiro ^a   Shimizu, Katsuhiko ^a   Sotoshiro, Hisaya ^a   Yoshizato, Katsutoshi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Koken Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Hr3; IE1; Recombinant proteins; Sericin promoter; Silk proteins

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERICIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETION; SILK; SILKWORM; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERICINS; SILK;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 34447315265     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-007-9087-x     Document Type: Article

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