Construction of a binary transgenic gene expression system for recombinant protein production in the middle silk gland of the silkworm Bombyx mori

Silk Fibroin of Bombyx mori Is Secreted, Assembling a High Molecular Mass Elementary Unit Consisting of H-chain, L-chain, and P25, with a 6:6:1 Molar Ratio

Satoshi Inoue, Kazunori Tanaka, Fumio Arisaka et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2000 · 781 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +14

Germline transformation of the silkworm Bombyx mori L. using a piggyBac transposon-derived vector

Toshiki Tamura, Chantal Thibert, Corinne Royer et al. · Nature Biotechnology · 2000 · 780 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +14

Transgenic silkworms produce recombinant human type III procollagen in cocoons

Masahiro Tomita, Hiroto Munetsuna, Tsutomu Sato et al. · Nature Biotechnology · 2002 · 370 citations

Life Sciences, Bioengineering, Biotechnology +6

Targeted Gene Expression Using the <i>GAL4/UAS</i> System in the Silkworm <i>Bombyx mori</i>

Morikazu Imamura, Junichi Nakai, Satoshi Inoue et al. · Genetics · 2003 · 163 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Genetics +13

Carotenoid silk coloration is controlled by a carotenoid-binding protein, a product of the <i>Yellow blood</i> gene

Takashi Sakudoh, Hideki Sezutsu, Takeharu Nakashima et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · 162 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +11