Chitin and cuticle proteins form the cuticular layer in the spinning duct of silkworm

Spinning Beta Silks Requires Both pH Activation and Extensional Stress

(2021) Andreas Koeppel et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Stretching of Bombyx mori Silk Protein in Flow

(2021) Charley Schaefer et al.   MOLECULES

Mesoscale structure development reveals when a silkworm silk is spun

(2021) Quan Wan et al.   Nature Communications

Fiber Formation and Mechanical Properties of Bombyx mori Silk Are Regulated by Vacuolar-Type ATPase

(2021) Xin Wang et al.   ACS Biomaterials-Science & Engineering

Biomolecular condensates undergo a generic shear-mediated liquid-to-solid transition

(2020) Yi Shen et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Flow-induced crystallisation of polymers from aqueous solution

(2020) Gary J. Dunderdale et al.   Nature Communications

Structural and Mechanical Properties of Silk from Different Instars of Bombyx mori

(2019) Zhangchuan Peng et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Aquatic caddisworm silk is solidified by environmental metal ions during the natural fiber spinning process

(2018) Nicholas N. Ashton et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

A chitinase with two catalytic domains is required for organization of the cuticular extracellular matrix of a beetle

(2018) Mi Young Noh et al.   PLoS Genetics

Proteome profile of spinneret from the silkworm, Bombyx mori

(2017) Xin Wang et al.   PROTEOMICS

Analysis of the pressure requirements for silk spinning reveals a pultrusion dominated process

(2017) James Sparkes et al.   Nature Communications

Comparative transcriptome analysis of Bombyx mori spinnerets and Filippi's glands suggests their role in silk fiber formation

(2016) Xin Wang et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Histomorphometric and transcriptomic features characterize silk glands' development during the molt to intermolt transition process in silkworm

(2016) Wenbo Hu et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Genome-wide analysis of chitinase genes and their varied functions in larval moult, pupation and eclosion in the rice striped stem borer,Chilo suppressalis

(2016) C. Su et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Evidence from Multiple Species that Spider Silk Glue Component ASG2 is a Spidroin

(2016) Matthew A. Collin et al.   Scientific Reports

Chitinases and Imaginal disc growth factors organize the extracellular matrix formation at barrier tissues in insects

(2016) Yanina-Yasmin Pesch et al.   Scientific Reports

Modifying the Mechanical Properties of Silk Fiber by Genetically Disrupting the Ionic Environment for Silk Formation

(2015) Xin Wang et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Ca2+ and endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase regulate the formation of silk fibers with favorable mechanical properties

(2015) Xin Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Transcriptomic Analysis of the Anterior Silk Gland in the Domestic Silkworm (Bombyx mori) – Insight into the Mechanism of Silk Formation and Spinning

(2015) Huaipu Chang et al.   PLoS One

Two essential peritrophic matrix proteins mediate matrix barrier functions in the insect midgut

(2014) Sinu Agrawal et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Fluorescent Nanoparticle Delivered dsRNA Toward Genetic Control of Insect Pests

(2013) Bicheng He et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Hydrodynamical properties of recombinant spider silk proteins: Effects of pH, salts and shear, and implications for the spinning process

(2013) Jérémie Leclerc et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Comparative Proteomics Reveal Diverse Functions and Dynamic Changes of Bombyx mori Silk Proteins Spun from Different Development Stages

(2013) Zhaoming Dong et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Chitin in the Silk Gland Ducts of the Spider Nephila edulis and the Silkworm Bombyx mori

(2013) Gwilym J. G. Davies et al.   PLoS One

Shotgun proteomic analysis of theBombyx morianterior silk gland: An insight into the biosynthetic fiber spinning process

(2013) Qiying Yi et al.   PROTEOMICS

Characterization of a midgut-specific chitin synthase gene (LmCHS2) responsible for biosynthesis of chitin of peritrophic matrix in Locusta migratoria

(2012) Xiaojian Liu et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Direct visualization of shear dependent silk fibrillogenesis

(2011) C. Holland et al.   Soft Matter

Identification of the chitin-binding proteins from the larval proteins of silkworm, Bombyx mori

(2010) Liang Tang et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Structural cuticular proteins from arthropods: Annotation, nomenclature, and sequence characteristics in the genomics era

(2010) Judith H. Willis   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The role of salt and shear on the storage and assembly of spider silk proteins

(2010) Lukas Eisoldt et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Self-assembly of spider silk proteins is controlled by a pH-sensitive relay

(2010) Glareh Askarieh et al.   NATURE

A conserved spider silk domain acts as a molecular switch that controls fibre assembly

(2010) Franz Hagn et al.   NATURE

Annotation and analysis of low-complexity protein families ofAnopheles gambiaethat are associated with cuticle

(2009) R. S. Cornman et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Genome-wide identification of cuticular protein genes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

(2008) Ryo Futahashi et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Assembly mechanism of recombinant spider silk proteins

(2008) S. Rammensee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Functional specialization among insect chitinase family genes revealed by RNA interference

(2008) Q. Zhu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structural characteristics and properties of Bombyx mori silk fiber obtained by different artificial forcibly silking speeds

(2007) Md. Majibur Rahman Khan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES