Proteomic analysis of the phenotype of the scaleless wings mutant in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

Abstract excerpt

A scaleless wing mutant of silkworm, Bombyx mori, has much fewer scales than wild type (WT). The scaleless phenotype was associated with tracheal system developmental deficiency and excessive apoptosis of scale cells. In this study, the wing discs proteins of WT and scaleless during pupation were studied using 2-DE and mass spectrometry. Of the 99 identified protein spots, four critical differentially expressed...

Topics

• Animals
• Apoptosis
• Bombyx
• Gene Expression Regulation
• Insect Proteins
• Mutation
• Proteomics
• RNA, Messenger
• Wings, Animal