Method for establishing an expression system of spider dragline silk gene in bombyx mori
US6872869B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 4, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 29, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N2830/80
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for establishing an expression system of spider dragline silk gene in Bombyx mori. The rate of transformation is about 0.5-1%. In the silk protein produced by the transgenic Bombyx mori obtained by the method of the present invention, the spider dragline silk gene product account for 30% of the total silk proteins.
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