Carotenoid silk coloration is controlled by a carotenoid-binding protein, a product of the Yellow blood gene

Mechanisms for the uptake and transport of carotenoids, essential nutrients for humans, are not well understood in any animal system. The Y (Yellow blood) gene, a critical cocoon color determinant in the silkworm Bombyx mori, controls the uptake of carotenoids into the intestinal mucosa and the silk...

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Autori principali: Sakudoh, Takashi, Sezutsu, Hideki, Nakashima, Takeharu, Kobayashi, Isao, Fujimoto, Hirofumi, Uchino, Keiro, Banno, Yutaka, Iwano, Hidetoshi, Maekawa, Hideaki, Tamura, Toshiki, Kataoka, Hiroshi, Tsuchida, Kozo
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: National Academy of Sciences 2007
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Biological Sciences
Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1885607/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17496138
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0702860104
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