Transgenic silkworms (Bombyx mori) produce recombinant spider dragline silk in cocoons

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1815-1821

  Wen, Hongxiu ^a,b   Lan, Xiqian ^b   Zhang, Yuansong ^a   Zhao, Tianfu ^a   Wang, Yujun ^a   Kajiura, Zenta ^a   Nakagaki, Masao ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cocoon proteins; Mechanical characteristic; PiggyBac; Spider dragline silk; Transgenic silkworm

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN; SERICIN; SILK PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FIBROIN; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN 583; PHOTOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SPIDROIN 2;

ARTICLE; COCOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; EMBRYO; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FIBER; FLUORESCENCE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SILK; SILKWORM; SPIDER; SPIDER DRAGLINE SILK; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; MATERIALS TESTING; METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ARANEAE; BOMBYX MORI;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BOMBYX; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FIBROINS; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOTYPE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MATERIALS TESTING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPIDERS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 77953160262     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-009-9615-2     Document Type: Article

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