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Aug 2026
BmMBNL Knockout Disrupts Molting of Silkworm, Bombyx mori, Through Inhibiting Expressions of Chitin Synthetase and Chitinase
It is found that Muscleblind-like protein in the silkworm Bombyx mori is highly expressed in the epidermis and upregulated during molting, revealing a novel miRNA-mediated regulatory axis that controls insect molting.
Huan Dong, Zihan Meng, Mengyao He et al.
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