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Recent progress in molecular genetic studies on the carotenoid transport system using cocoon-color mutants of the silkworm.

Archives of biochemistry and biophysics - 15 Apr 2015

Tsuchida Kozo, Sakudoh Takashi

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The existence of tissue-specific delivery for certain carotenoids is supported by genetic evidence from the silkworm Bombyx mori and the identification of cocoon color mutant genes, such as Yellow blood (Y), Yellow cocoon (C), and Flesh cocoon (F). Mutants with white cocoons are defective in one of the steps involved in transporting carotenoids from the midgut lumen to the middle silk gland via the hemolymph...

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PMID: 25579881
DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2014.12.029

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