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Entomological Communications, 2021 The mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori L., 1758 (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) is classified as univoltine, bivoltine, and polyvoltine based on the annual brood frequency. Voltinism in B.
Kiran Rudramuni +4 more
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The Need for Greater Diversification of Tourism Products in the Samarkand Region of Uzbekistan
Journal of Tourismology, 2021 Before the Covid pandemic, Samarkand, Uzbekistan was seen as an emerging, exotic tourist destination. This is because of the growing interest in its historical importance and cultural history which wasstrongly linked with the Great Silk Road.
Shukhrat Rakhmonov, Ian Patterson
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Preparation of hexagonal GeO2 particles with particle size and crystallinity controlled by peptides, silk and silk-peptide chimeras [PDF]
, 2014 We demonstrate the use of silk based proteins to control the particle/crystallite size during GeO2 formation, using a bio-mimetic approach at circumneutral pH and ambient temperature. Multicrystalline GeO2 was prepared from germanium tetraethoxide (TEOG)
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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 +2 more
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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 +6 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 +3 more
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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 +6 more
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Silk Investment in Gifts By Males of the Nuptial Feeding Spider Pisaura Mirabilis (Araneae: Pisauridae). [PDF]
, 1996 Adult males of the hunting spider Pisaura mirabilis wrap up prey with silk and pass these nuptial gifts to females prior to copulation. The females digest the nuptial gifts, including the silk, during mating.
Lang, Andreas
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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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Directing Chondrogenesis of Stem Cells with Specific Blends of Cellulose and Silk [PDF]
, 2013 Biomaterials that can stimulate stem cell differentiation without growth factor supplementation provide potent and cost-effective scaffolds for regenerative medicine.
Hollander, Anthony P +7 more
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