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Functional Loss of Bmsei Causes Thermosensitive Epilepsy in Contractile Mutant Silkworm, Bombyx mori.
Scientific reports - 22 Jul 2015
Nie Hongyi, Cheng Tingcai, Huang Xiaofeng, Zhou Mengting, Zhang Yinxia, Dai Fangyin, Mita Kazuei, Xia Qingyou, Liu Chun
Abstract excerpt
The thermoprotective mechanisms of insects remain largely unknown. We reported the Bombyx mori contractile (cot) behavioral mutant with thermo-sensitive seizures phenotype. At elevated temperatures, the cot mutant exhibit seizures associated with strong contractions, rolling, vomiting, and a temporary lack of movement. We narrowed a region containing cot to ~268 kb by positional cloning and identified the mutant...
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