Silkworm Biofactory: Silk to Biology

ISBN-13: 9781138328129 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 300 str.

Katsumi Maenaka; Enoch Y. Park

Opis

This book provides a comprehensive and up to date review about recent and future trends of silkworm biotechnology and potential pharmaceutical applications. Today’s biotechnology-based industry faces hurdles in advancement owing to the lack of proper gene expression systems. There are still many proteins for which gene structure are unknown.

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BIO PRODUCTS FROM SILKWORMS. Basic and Applied Genetics of Silkworms. Silkworm Breeding. Focus on Physiological Vital Proteins from Silkworm, Bombyx mori. Metabolism of Molting Hormone and Juvenile Hormone in Silkworm. Post-translational Modification in Silkworm. BIO PRODUCTS FROM SILKWORMS. Glycoprotein biosynthesis of silkworm. BacMam System in Silkworm. Transgenic Silkworm. Glycosyltransferase Expression in Silkworm and Its Applications in Glycobiology. Bio products from silkworms. Silkworm Expression of Cell Surface Molecules. Expression and Purification of Mitochondrial Membrane Protein OPA1 for Reconstitution of Membrane Fusion. Virus-like Particles Expression in Silkworms. Gene Delivery Based on Bombyx mori Nucleopoplyhedrovirus (BmNPV). Development of New Biomaterials from Insect and its Virus. Production of Medical and Cosmetic Products Using Transgenic Silkworms. Comparative Investigation of Influenza Virus-like Particles from Synthetic Chemical Substance and Silkworm. BIO PRODUCTS FROM SILKWORMS. Bio products from silkworms.