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Identification, deterioration, and protection of organic cultural heritages from a modern perspective

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Polysaccharides and proteins as natural polymers for electrospun wound dressings: A review of healing potential, challenges, and crosslinking strategies

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Real-Time Monitoring of the Structural Transition of Bombyx mori Liquid Silk under Pressure by Solid-State NMR

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Conservation of fibroin gene promoter function between the domesticated silkworm Bombyx mori and the wild silkmoth Antheraea yamamai

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In vivo analysis of fibroin heavy chain signal peptide of silkworm Bombyx mori using recombinant baculovirus as vector

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Development and validation of scFv-conjugated affinity silk protein for specific detection of carcinoembryonic antigen

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Genetic engineered color silk: fabrication of a photonics material through a bioassisted technology

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Effects of Osiris9a on Silk Properties in Bombyx mori Determined by Transgenic Overexpression

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Transcriptomic analysis of the bagworm moth silk gland reveals a number of silk genes conserved within Lepidoptera

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The structure of silk

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Multiprotein bridging factor 2 regulates the expression of the fibroin heavy chain gene by interacting with Bmdimmed in the silkworm Bombyx mori

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Physico‐chemical properties and in vitro response of silk fibroin from various domestic races

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Unveiling novel antioxidant peptides from silk fibroin proteins: An integrated in silico and in vitro study

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Structures of silk fibroin before and after spinning and biomedical applications

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Identification and location of sericin in silkworm with anti-sericin antibodies

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Sustainable and Naturally Derived Wet Spun Fibers: A Systematic Literature Review

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Rapid formation of flexible silk fibroin gel‐like films

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Degradation Behavior and Immunological Detection of Silk Fibroin Exposure to Enzymes

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

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Assembly of the silk fibroin elementary unit in endoplasmic reticulum and a role of L‐chain for protection of α1,2‐mannose residues in N‐linked oligosaccharide chains of fibrohexamerin/P25

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Hydrophobic interaction of P25, containing Asn-linked oligosaccharide chains, with the H-L complex of silk fibroin produced by Bombyx mori.

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Determination of the site of disulfide linkage between heavy and light chains of silk fibroin produced by Bombyx mori

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Homologues of fibroin L-chain and P25 of Bombyx mori are present in Dendrolimus spectabilis and Papilio xuthus but not detectable in Antheraea yamamai.

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