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Antigen-Containing Silk Nanoparticles: A New Potential as Oral Vaccine Carriers [PDF]

International Journal of Nanomedicine
Mitsuru Sato,1,* Chisato Sakuma,1 Hideki Sezutsu,1,2 Katsura Kojima2,* 1Silkworm Research Group, Division of Silk-Producing Insect Biotechnology, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization ...
Sato M, Sakuma C, Sezutsu H, Kojima K
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A study of ladder-like silk foothold for the locomotion of bagworms

Scientific Reports, 2021
While walking on horizontal substrates, caterpillars skilfully engage all their legs, including three pairs of thoracic legs and a maximum of five pairs of prolegs, to move in a flexible wave-like motion.
Taiyo Yoshioka, Fumiko Yukuhiro, Tsunenori Kameda   +2 more
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Breeding for higher productivity in mulberry

Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 2012
Mulberry (Morus L.) is an economically important tree being cultivated for its leaves to rear the silkworm Bombyx mori. Rearing of silkworm is an art and science popularly known as sericulture; an agrobased cottage industry provides employment to ...
Kunjupillai VIJAYAN, Prem Prakash SRIVASTAVA, P. Jayarama RAJU, Beera SARATCHANDRA   +3 more
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Silk Fibroin-Modified Liposome/Gene Editing System Knocks out the PLK1 Gene to Suppress the Growth of Lung Cancer Cells

Pharmaceutics, 2023
Polo-like protein kinase 1 (PLK1) plays a key role in lung cancer cell mitosis. The knockout of PLK1 gene by the CRISPR–Cas9 system can effectively inhibit the proliferation of tumor cells, but there is no suitable vector for in vivo delivery.
Peng Pan, Xueping Liu, Mengqi Fang, Shanlong Yang, Yadong Zhang, Mingzhong Li, Yu Liu   +6 more
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Applicability of forcibly spinning technology to produce a finer silk filament

Journal of Natural Fibers, 2020
Forcibly spinning method has once shown a potential to enhance tensile strength of Bombyx mori silkworm silk fibers to the level of spider dragline silk.
Yutaka Kawahara, Tomohiko Hananouchi
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Co-inoculation of native multi-trait plant growth promoting rhizobacteria promotes plant growth and suppresses Alternaria blight disease in castor (Ricinus communis L.)

Heliyon, 2022
Background: Castor (Ricinus communis L.) is cultivated for seed oil and to feed (leaves) Eri silkworm, Samia ricini (Donovan) Hutt. Alternaria blight affects castor cultivation resulting substantial yield loss (∼30%).
Sosanka Protim Sandilya, B. Jeevan, Gangavarapu Subrahmanyam, Kironta Dutta, N. Vijay, Nabanita Bhattacharyya, Mahananda Chutia   +6 more
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Using T cell lymphokines of hyperimmunized chickens with Salmonella pullorum to protect layer hens against Salmonella pullorum infection [PDF]

Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2022
Salmonella pullorum (SP) is well adapted to cause an acute systemic infection in hens with a high mortality rate. This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of a salmonella-immune lymphokine (SILK) produced by hyperimmunized pullets with ...
Mushtaq T. Al-Zuhariy
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Ühest katsest emotsiooniverbidega

Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu Aastaraamat, 2008
Eesti- ja saksakeelsete emotsiooniverbide võrdlevaks semantilis-süntaktiliseks uurimuseks oli kõigepealt vaja koostada loend nimetatud verbide kohta.
Anni Silk
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Sodium N-lauryl amino acids derived from silk protein can form catanionic aggregates with cytarabine as novel anti-tumor drug delivery systems

Drug Delivery, 2020
A sodium N-lauryl amino acids (shortly silk sericin surfactant, SSS) is synthesized with lauryl chloride and sericin amino acids recovered from silk industrial waste. The purpose of this study is to explore whether the sericin surfactant can be used as a
Meng Zhang, Shu-Xiang Zhao, Biao Ding, Yu-Qing Zhang   +3 more
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New Developments in Promoting Tourism in Uzbekistan

Journal of Tourismology, 2020
In the Republic of Uzbekistan, reforms are presently underway to develop the tourism sector as one of the strategic sectors of the national economy.
Ian Robert Patterson, Hamid Tureav
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