Abstract
Sericin silkworm is a kind of gene mutant silkworm that can only synthesis and secrete sericin protein instead of fibroin protein. In this study, according to the knowledge of physiology and heredity, the reasons of this special phenomenon for the sericin silkworm were analyzed in order to explore the utilization clues in the production of natural sericin and product development.
Highlights
The silkworm is an important economic insect, while silk gland is crucial tissue for the synthesis of silk protein [1]
Sericin silkworm and normal silkworm belong to two different types in variety and resources
The silk gland cells of silkworm divide more than ten times and form the anterior, middle and posterior silk gland cells only in embryo stage, while the silk gland cells no longer divide in larval stage
Summary
The silkworm is an important economic insect, while silk gland is crucial tissue for the synthesis of silk protein [1]. The wide type of silkworm has whole anterior, middle and posterior silk gland for the synthesis and secreted of sericin and fibroin protein. Sericin silkworm has a depauperate silk gland (Figure 1(b)), leading to produce sericin protein rather than fibroin protein. Using sercin silkworm as materials, it has great significance of application to analyze the physiological of silkworm, production of natural product and research, and the expression of transgenic silkworm. We listed the special phenotype of sericin silkworm, and discussed by using anatomy, physiology, genetics and molecular biology
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