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A 25bp-long insertional mutation in the BmVarp gene causes the waxy translucent skin of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

scientific article published on 7 February 2009

A Bombyx mandarina mutant exhibiting translucent larval skin is controlled by the molybdenum cofactor sulfurase gene.

scientific article published on April 2009

A homolog of the human Hermansky-Pudluck syndrome-5 (HPS5) gene is responsible for the oa larval translucent mutants in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

scientific article published on 19 December 2012

A novel sucrose hydrolase from the bombycoid silkworms Bombyx mori, Trilocha varians, and Samia cynthia ricini with a substrate specificity for sucrose.

scientific article published on 29 April 2015

A reexamination on the deficiency of riboflavin accumulation in Malpighian tubules in larval translucent mutants of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

scientific article published on 09 August 2018

A role for transcription from a piRNA cluster in de novo piRNA production

scientific article published on 22 December 2011

A single amino acid substitution in the Bombyx-specific mucin-like membrane protein causes resistance to Bombyx mori densovirus.

scientific article

A single female-specific piRNA is the primary determiner of sex in the silkworm

scientific article

Abnormal red body coloration of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, is caused by a mutation in a novel kynureninase

scientific article published on 6 January 2008

Accumulation of uric acid in the epidermis forms the white integument of Samia ricini larvae

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Accurate pre-mRNA splicing using a nuclear extract from Bombyx mori fat body.

scientific article published on March 2005

Albino (al) is a tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4)-deficient mutant of the silkworm Bombyx mori

scientific article

Altered expression of testis-specific genes, piRNAs, and transposons in the silkworm ovary masculinized by a W chromosome mutation

scientific article published on March 28, 2012

Analysis of the biological functions of a doublesex homologue in Bombyx mori

scientific article

Anatomical and functional analysis of domestication effects on the olfactory system of the silkmoth Bombyx mori

scientific article published on 20 November 2013

Annotation pattern of ESTs from Spodoptera frugiperda Sf9 cells and analysis of the ribosomal protein genes reveal insect-specific features and unexpectedly low codon usage bias.

scientific article published on December 2003

Antennal lobe organization and pheromone usage in bombycid moths

scientific article

Artificial "ping-pong" cascade of PIWI-interacting RNA in silkworm cells

scientific article published on 24 October 2016

Beta-fructofuranosidase genes of the silkworm, Bombyx mori: insights into enzymatic adaptation of B. mori to toxic alkaloids in mulberry latex.

scientific article published on 8 April 2008

Bm kettin, homologue of the Drosophila kettin gene, is located on the Z chromosome in Bombyx mori and is not dosage compensated.

scientific article published on February 1999

Bm-muted, orthologous to mouse muted and encoding a subunit of the BLOC-1 complex, is responsible for the otm translucent mutation of the silkworm Bombyx mori.

scientific article

BmDJ-1 is a key regulator of oxidative modification in the development of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

scientific article

Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus BM5 protein regulates progeny virus production and viral gene expression.

scientific article

Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus FP25K is essential for maintaining a steady-state level of v-cath expression throughout the infection.

scientific article

Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus ORF34 is required for efficient transcription of late and very late genes

scientific article published on 3 August 2009

Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus actin rearrangement-inducing factor 1 enhances systemic infection in B. mori larvae

scientific article published on 25 March 2015

Bombyx ortholog of the Drosophila eye color gene brown controls riboflavin transport in Malpighian tubules.

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

Characterization of a Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus mutant lacking both fp25K and p35.

scientific article published on 28 May 2010

Characterization of a novel chromodomain-containing gene from the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

scientific article published on 11 July 2013

Characterization of the baculovirus Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus gene homologous to the mammalian FGF gene family.

scientific article

Cloning of Cyc (Bmal1) homolog in Bombyx mori: structural analysis and tissue specific distributions.

scientific article

Comparative analysis of budded virus infectivity of Bombyx mandarina and B. mori nucleopolyhedroviruses.

scientific article published on 22 May 2011

Comparative expressed-sequence-tag analysis of differential gene expression profiles in BmNPV-infected BmN cells.

scientific article

Deletion of a gene encoding an amino acid transporter in the midgut membrane causes resistance to a Bombyx parvo-like virus.

scholarly article

Detection and Discrimination ofMycoplasma pneumoniaeandMycoplasma genitaliumby thein vitroDNA Amplification

scientific article published on 01 January 1992

Developmentally synchronized expression of two Bombyx mori Piwi subfamily genes, SIWI and BmAGO3 in germ-line cells.

scientific article published on 10 January 2008

Diversity in copy number and structure of a silkworm morphogenetic gene as a result of domestication.

scientific article

Duplication and diversification of trehalase confers evolutionary advantages on lepidopteran insects

scientific article published on 25 November 2019

ERK- and JNK-dependent signaling pathways contribute to Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infection

scientific article

Expression profiling of baculovirus genes in permissive and nonpermissive cell lines.

scientific article published on October 2004

Female sex pheromone and male behavioral responses of the bombycid moth Trilocha varians: comparison with those of the domesticated silkmoth Bombyx mori

scientific article published on 4 February 2012

Flavonoids from the cocoon of Rondotia menciana

scientific article

Functional analysis of four Gloverin-like genes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

scientific article

Functional characterization of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus CG30 protein

scientific article published on March 15, 2013

Functional characterization of chitinase from Cydia pomonella granulovirus.

scientific article published on 8 June 2007

Gene expression and localization analysis of Bombyx mori bidensovirus and its putative receptor in B. mori midgut

scientific article

Genetic mapping of RAPD markers linked to the densonucleosis refractoriness gene, nsd-1, in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

scientific article published on August 1998

Genome-wide survey for baculoviral host homologs using the Bombyx genome sequence.

scientific article published on December 2008

Genomic sequence of a 320-kb segment of the Z chromosome of Bombyx mori containing a kettin ortholog.

scientific article

High-quality genome assembly of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

scientific article published on 23 February 2019

Identification and characterisation of a silkworm ABC transporter gene homologous to Drosophila white.

scientific article

Identification and characterization of globin genes from two lepidopteran insects, Bombyx mori and Samia cynthia ricini

scientific article published on 14 November 2008

Identification and characterization of the fusion transcript, composed of the apterous homolog and a putative protein phosphatase gene, generated by 1.5-Mb interstitial deletion in the vestigial (Vg) mutant of Bombyx mori

scientific article published on 4 February 2011

Identification and functional analysis of a Masculinizer orthologue in Trilocha varians (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae).

scientific article published on 8 July 2015

Identification and genetic mapping of RAPD markers linked to the densonucleosis refractoriness gene, nsd-2, in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

scientific article published on April 2000

Identification of Bombyx mori 14-3-3 orthologs and the interactor Hsp60.

scientific article published on 3 April 2008

Identification of a bipartite nuclear localization signal in the silkworm Masc protein.

scientific article published on 9 June 2016

Identification of key uric acid synthesis pathway in a unique mutant silkworm Bombyx mori model of Parkinson's disease

scientific article

Identification of molting fluid carboxypeptidase A (MF-CPA) in Bombyx mori

scientific article published on July 2005

Identification of novel random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs) on the W chromosome of the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori, and the wild silkworm, B. mandarina, and their retrotransposable element-related nucleotide sequences.

scientific article published on August 1998

Identification of the female-determining region of the W chromosome in Bombyx mori

scientific article published on 28 September 2007

Identification of the silkworm quail gene reveals a crucial role of a receptor guanylyl cyclase in larval pigmentation

scientific article published on 8 November 2015

In vivo and in vitro analyses of a Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus mutant lacking functional vfgf

scientific article published on 9 August 2006

In vivo masculinizing function of the Ostrinia furnacalis Masculinizer gene

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Infection study of Bombyx mori macula-like virus (BmMLV) using a BmMLV-negative cell line and an infectious cDNA clone

scientific article published on November 25, 2011

Inhibition of tumor angiogenesis and growth by a small-molecule multi-FGF receptor blocker with allosteric properties

scientific article

Inhibitory role of the Bm8 protein in the propagation of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus.

scientific article published on 21 March 2018

Interspecies linkage analysis of mo, a Bombyx mori locus associated with mosaicism and gynandromorphism

scientific article published on October 2011

Isolation and characterization of sex chromosome rearrangements generating male muscle dystrophy and female abnormal oogenesis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

scientific article published on 10 October 2006

Isolation and comparison of different ecdysone-responsive cuticle protein genes in wing discs of Bombyx mori

scientific article

Large scale full-length cDNA sequencing reveals a unique genomic landscape in a lepidopteran model insect, Bombyx mori.

scientific article

Lepidopteran ortholog of Drosophila breathless is a receptor for the baculovirus fibroblast growth factor

scientific article

Linkage analysis of the gene encoding precursor protein of diapause hormone and pheromone biosynthesis-activating neuropeptide in the silkmoth, Bombyx mori

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Mapping and recombination analysis of two moth colour mutations, Black moth and Wild wing spot, in the silkworm Bombyx mori

scientific article

Mapping of sex-linked genes onto the genome sequence using various aberrations of the Z chromosome in Bombyx mori.

scientific article published on 21 March 2008

Mass identification of transcriptional units expressed from the Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus genome

scientific article published on September 29, 2010

Mass isolation of cuticle protein cDNAs from wing discs of Bombyx mori and their characterizations.

scientific article

Molecular analysis of sex chromosome-linked mutants in the silkworm Bombyx mori

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

Molecular and functional characterization of an acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase from the adzuki bean borer moth Ostrinia scapulalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae).

scientific article

Molecular characterization of baculovirus Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus polyhedron mutants.

scientific article published on January 1999

Molecular defect of isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase in the skunk mutant of silkworm, Bombyx mori

scientific article published on October 2010

Morphological and electrophysiological differences in tarsal chemosensilla between the wild silkmoth Bombyx mandarina and the domesticated species Bombyx mori.

scientific article published on 5 March 2018

Mutation of a novel ABC transporter gene is responsible for the failure to incorporate uric acid in the epidermis of ok mutants of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

scientific article

Mutational analysis of active site residues of chitinase from Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus.

scientific article published on 4 December 2006

Mutations in an amino acid transporter gene are responsible for sex-linked translucent larval skin of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

scientific article published on 18 May 2011

N-linked glycans located in the pro-region of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus V-CATH are essential for the proper folding of V-CATH and V-CHIA.

scientific article published on January 2009

N-linked glycans of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus fibroblast growth factor are crucial for its secretion.

scientific article published on 9 October 2006

Non-molting glossy/shroud encodes a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase that functions in the 'Black Box' of the ecdysteroid biosynthesis pathway

scientific article published on June 2010

Novel macula-like virus identified in Bombyx mori cultured cells

scientific article

Novel non-autonomous transposable elements on W chromosome of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

scientific article published on September 2010

Polymorphism and linkage analysis of the prothoracicotropic hormone gene in the silkmoth, Bombyx mori

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Positional cloning of a gene responsible for the cts mutation of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

scientific article

Positional cloning of silkworm white egg 2 (w-2) locus shows functional conservation and diversification of ABC transporters for pigmentation in insects

scientific article published on 7 February 2011

Positional cloning of the sex-linked giant egg (Ge) locus in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

scientific article published on 3 December 2014

Precocious metamorphosis in the juvenile hormone-deficient mutant of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

scientific article

Prominent down-regulation of storage protein genes after bacterial challenge in eri-silkworm, Samia cynthia ricini

scientific article

Proteomic Analysis of Larval Integument in a Dominant Obese Translucent (Obs) Silkworm Mutant

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Reduced expression of the dysbindin-like gene in the Bombyx mori ov mutant exhibiting mottled translucency of the larval skin

scientific article

Reinvestigation of the sex pheromone of the wild silkmoth Bombyx mandarina: the effects of bombykal and bombykyl acetate

scientific article

Retrotransposable elements on the W chromosome of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

scientific article published in January 2005

Role of the male BmDSX protein in the sexual differentiation of Bombyx mori.

scientific article published on January 2005

Role of the silkworm argonaute2 homolog gene in double-strand break repair of extrachromosomal DNA

scientific article

Role of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infection

scientific article published on November 17, 2010

SAGE analysis of early oogenesis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

scientific article published on 15 November 2006

Sex pheromone desaturase functioning in a primitive Ostrinia moth is cryptically conserved in congeners' genomes.

scientific article

Sex-linked transcription factor involved in a shift of sex-pheromone preference in the silkmoth Bombyx mori

scientific article published on 17 October 2011

Sexually biased transcripts at early embryonic stages of the silkworm depend on the sex chromosome constitution

scientific article published on 20 January 2015

Silkworm HP1a transcriptionally enhances highly expressed euchromatic genes via association with their transcription start sites

scientific article

Silkworm plasmatocytes are more resistant than other hemocyte morphotypes to Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus infection

scientific article

Silkworms suppress the release of green leaf volatiles by mulberry leaves with an enzyme from their spinnerets

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

The BIR and BIR-like domains of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus IAP2 protein are required for efficient viral propagation

scientific article published on November 2014

The BmChi-h gene, a bacterial-type chitinase gene of Bombyx mori, encodes a functional exochitinase that plays a role in the chitin degradation during the molting process

scientific article published on October 2005

The Bombyx ovary-derived cell line endogenously expresses PIWI/PIWI-interacting RNA complexes.

scientific article published on 21 May 2009

The Endosymbiotic Bacterium Wolbachia Selectively Kills Male Hosts by Targeting the Masculinizing Gene.

scientific article published on 14 July 2015

The Genome Sequence of Silkworm, Bombyx mori

scientific article

The baculovirus uses a captured host phosphatase to induce enhanced locomotory activity in host caterpillars.

scientific article

The construction of an EST database for Bombyx mori and its application

scientific article published on November 12, 2003

The female-killing chromosome of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, was generated by translocation between the Z and W chromosomes.

scientific article published on May 2006

The fibroblast growth factor homolog of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus enhances systemic virus propagation in B. mori larvae.

scientific article published on 21 July 2008

The genetics and genomics of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

scientific article published in January 2005

The genome sequence of Samia ricini, a new model species of lepidopteran insect

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

The influence of triploidy on gene expression in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

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The killing speed of egt-inactivated Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus depends on the developmental stage of B. mori larvae.

scientific article

The morphology of antennal lobe projection neurons is controlled by a POU-domain transcription factor Bmacj6 in the silkmoth Bombyx mori

scientific article published on 25 October 2017

The silkworm W chromosome is a source of female-enriched piRNAs.

scientific article published on 21 October 2011

The silkworm mutant lemon (lemon lethal) is a potential insect model for human sepiapterin reductase deficiency

scientific article published on 26 February 2009

The silkworm-an attractive BioResource supplied by Japan.

scientific article published on January 2010

Transgenic analysis of the BmBLOS2 gene that governs the translucency of the larval integument of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

scientific article published on 7 June 2010

Two CCCH-type zinc finger domains in the Masc protein are dispensable for masculinization and dosage compensation in Bombyx mori

scientific article published on 07 December 2018

Two Conserved Cysteine Residues Are Required for the Masculinizing Activity of the Silkworm Masc Protein.

scientific article

Vitellogenin receptor mutation leads to the oogenesis mutant phenotype "scanty vitellin" of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

scientific article published on 20 March 2013

W-derived BAC probes as a new tool for identification of the W chromosome and its aberrations in Bombyx mori.

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WildSilkbase: an EST database of wild silkmoths

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Zygotic amplification of secondary piRNAs during silkworm embryogenesis.

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