Deep Insight into the Transcriptome of the Single Silk Gland of <i>Bombyx mori</i>

The silk gland synthesizes and secretes a large amount of protein and stores liquid silk protein at an extremely high concentration. Interestingly, silk proteins and serine protease inhibitors are orderly arranged in the silk gland lumen and cocoon shells. Silk fiber formation and the spinning mecha...

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Main Authors: Run Shi, Sanyuan Ma, Ting He, Jian Peng, Tong Zhang, Xiaoxu Chen, Xiaogang Wang, Jiasong Chang, Qingyou Xia, Ping Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-05-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/10/2491