To determine whether or not both intracellular organelles, the rough endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi region are responsible for fibroin formation in the silk gland of Bombyx, glycine labelled ...

The male silk moth (Bombyx mori) has a highly specialised sense of smell, capable of detecting a single molecule of a female’s pheromone from miles away. This remarkable ability ensures the ...

de Gournay Silk’s material qualities are intrinsic to its appeal. It is a very soft, lustrous fabric, made from the cocoons of domesticated Bombyx mori silkworms. Although the origins of sericulture – ...

including myriad moth and spider species from around the world. But silk has historically been sourced from the domesticated Bombyx mori silkworm, which was relatively easy to domesticate. “It’s not ...

Silk Materials Research Group, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8634, Japan ...