• Title/Summary/Keyword: Sericulture

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Diapause-associated transcription of Dopa decarboxylase in Bombyx mori and evolutionary relationship to other species

  • Hwang, Jae-Sam;Kang, Seok-Woo;Goo, Tae-Won;Yun, Eun-Young;Park, Kwang-Ho;Kim, Sung-Kuk
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Sericultural Science Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.49-49
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    • 2003

  • DOPA decarboxylase (DDC), which converts DOPA to dopamine, is important for many biological event such as cuticular melanization, sclerotization and neurotransmission in insects. Recently, it has been also shown that DDC activity is correlated with pupal diapause in M. brassicae. The silkworm, Bombyx mori is a typical insect diapausing at early embryonic stage. (omitted)

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Structure Analysis of the Full Length PDI Genomic DNA Isolated from Bombyx mori

  • Kim, Sung-Wan;Goo, Tae-Won;Yun, Eun-Young;Park, Kwang-Ho;Hwang, Jae-Sam;Kang, Seok-Woo;Kwon, O-Yu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Sericultural Science Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.44-44
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    • 2003

  • Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) is not only an isomerase catalyzing the formation of native disulfide bond(s) of nascent peptide, but also a molecular chaperone assisting chain folding. We have already reported the structure of a cDNA (bPDl) encoding PDI from Bombyx mori and the function of PDI as foldase in assisting protein folding. (omitted)

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