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Mutation of a lepidopteran-specific PMP-like protein, BmLSPMP-like, induces a stick body shape in silkworm, Bombyx mori.
Pest management science - 1 Dec 2022
Tan Duan, Hu Hai, Tong Xiaoling, Han Minjin, Gai Tingting, Lou Jinghou, Yan Zhengwen, Xiong Gao, Lu Cheng, Dai Fangyin
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BACKGROUND: Lepidoptera is one of the largest orders of insects, some of which are major pests of crops and forests. The cuticles of lepidopteran pests play important roles in defense against insecticides and pathogens, and are indispensable for constructing and maintaining extracellular structures and locomotion during their life cycle. Lepidopteran-specific cuticular proteins could be potential targets for...
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