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Titanium nanoparticles influence the Akt/Tor signal pathway in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, silk gland

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Structural Analysis of Valine Residues in Silk Fibroin by Solid-State NMR

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Structural and mechanical properties of engineered silkworm-spider composite silk

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Silk Hydrogels for Drug and Cell Delivery

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How Do Butterflies Use Silk to Attach their Pupae to Trees?

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Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Predict the Behavior of Silk Fibroin

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Silk-Corn Zein Alloy Materials: Influence of Silk Types (Mori, Thai, Muga, Tussah, and Eri) on the Structure, Properties, and Functionality of Insect–Plant Protein Blends

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Self-Assembly of Plodia interpunctella Silk Particles: Mechanisms and Encapsulation Strategies

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Allelic variability in the third intron of the fibroin light chain gene in Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae)

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Crystallization Behavior of Bombyx mori Silkworm Fibroin in Liquid Silk in Static and Flow States: Influence of the Interactions of the Sericin Fractions with the Fibroin

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Effect of Degumming in the Characteristics of Silk Fibroin Nanoparticles

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Molecular Characterization of the Functional Genes Associated with Silk Assembly, Transport, and Protection in the Silk Glands of Popular Multivoltine Breeds of Silkworm Bombyx mori. L

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BmAbl1 Regulates Silk Protein Synthesis via Glutathione Metabolism in Bombyx mori

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Evaluating bio-physicochemical properties of raw powder prepared from whole larvae containing liquid silk of the domestic silkworm

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In Vivo Bone Regeneration of Thai Silk Fibroin Scaffolds with Gelatin, Hydroxyapatite and Hyaluronic Acid

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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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