▪ Abstract We review progress in applying molecular genetic and genomic technologies to
studies in the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori, highlighting its use as a model for …

Bombyxin is a 5 kDa secretory brain peptide that belongs to the insulin family. Bombyxin of
the silkmoth Bombyx mori can induce adult development when injected into brain-removed …

This review deals with those neuropeptidic hormones that are completely known in their
primary structure together with the control processes that are linked directly or indirectly to …

Publisher Summary This chapter examines opportunities afforded by the publication of the
fly genome, and focuses on more specific information concerning Drosophila. The chapter …

Pheromone-source orientation behavior can be modified by coexisting plant volatiles. Some
host plant volatiles enhance the pheromonal responses of olfactory receptor neurons and …

The neurohormones are the master regulators of all life processes in insects and they create
a strategy of stress protecting events. Neurohormones are synthesized mainly in insect brain …

The honeybee, Apis mellifera L., is a social insect and they show wide variety of exquisite
social behaviors to maintain colony activity. To enable the elucidation of those social …

There are few powerful techniques available to transfect insect tissues. We previously used
biolistics to transfect Bombyx mori embryos, and larval and pupal tissues (. Journal of Insect …

Using the larvae of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, we examined the baculovirus expression
vector system for the expression of the enhanced green fluorescence protein (EGFP) gene …

Electroporation is a way to induce nanometersized membrane pore for exogenous
substances delivery into cytoplasm using an artificial electric field. Now it was widely used …