Expression data from silkworm posterior silk glands at the late larval stages

ABSTRACT: The silkworm silk gland is one of the most efficient protein synthesis systems among all organisms. Its amazingly efficient protein synthesis makes the silk gland a desirable object for basic studies on gene expression and regulation and for biotechnological applications. At the early stages of the fifth (final) instar, the cellular structures necessary for the synthesis of fibroin are rapidly formed, and at the later stage the synthesis of fibroin proceeds at a maximum rate. The posterior silk gland (PSG) is the longest suborgan and is responsible for the synthesis of the silk core protein fibroin, which is composed of heavy (H) and light (L) chains plus P25. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression in silkworm PSG during the late larval stages, including the

ORGANISM(S): Bombyx mori

SUBMITTER: Bo-xiong Zhong 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-26172 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress