title: The silkworm-an attractive BioResource supplied by Japan.
abstract: Silkworms have played an important agricultural role in supporting Japan's modernization, and traditionally, Japan has led the world as a repository of silkworm bioresources. The silkworm is a small and highly domesticated insect, which is ideal as a laboratory tool, although it is a bioresource that is relatively infrequently used in experiments at present. In this review, we describe the potential for silkworm resources to contribute to life sciences.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Genetic Resources, Graduate School of Bioresources and Bioenvironmental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Banno
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Zenta
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kajiura
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sezutsu
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D001690:Biological Science Disciplines / Q000379:methods*; D035843:Biomedical Research; D012831:Bombyx / Q000502:physiology*; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D023281:Genomics; D007564:Japan