Transgenic expression of cecropin B, an antibacterial peptide from Bombyx mori, confers enhanced resistance to bacterial leaf blight in rice

A Sharma, R Sharma, M Imamura, M Yamakawa… - FEBS …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
… carrying cecropin B gene fused with signal peptidebetter protection from the pathogen, the
transgenics having only cecB gene (pRcec19-1) were found to be susceptible. The increased

Expression, purification and characterization of cecropin antibacterial peptide from Bombyx mori in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

L Xia, Z Liu, J Ma, S Sun, J Yang, F Zhang - Protein Expression and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Transgenic plants with cecropin B have also been reported [34], [35]. Further experiments …
for the cecropin gene to be used to generate transgenic animals with increased resistance to …

Inducible overexpression of cecropin B decreases the susceptibility of the transgenic silkworm, Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae), to bacteria

RS Yashwant, DS Thomas, C Manoharan… - Applied Entomology and …, 2023 - Springer
confer innate immunity by expressing antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) through the induction of
Toll and IMD pathways. Cecropin B, an AMP from Bombyx mori L. … silkworms with enhanced

Expression and purification of a recombinant antibacterial peptide, cecropin, from Escherichia coli

X Xu, F Jin, X Yu, S Ji, J Wang, H Cheng… - Protein expression and …, 2007 - Elsevier
… production of antimicrobial peptides. In the present study, we expressed a cecropin from the
… genes described in this study in another plants to generate transgenic plants with increased

Transgenic expression of antimicrobial peptides from black soldier fly enhance resistance against entomopathogenic bacteria in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

J Xu, X Luo, G Fang, S Zhan, J Wu, D Wang… - Insect Biochemistry and …, 2020 - Elsevier
… Our results suggest a robust synergistic effect conferred by the co-expression of three different
types of AMPs while the mechanisms underlying the synergistic interaction remain further …

Intrinsic antimicrobial properties of silk spun by genetically modified silkworm strains

A Saviane, O Romoli, A Bozzato, G Freddi… - Transgenic …, 2018 - Springer
… The domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori, is a fundamental insect for silk industry. Silk is …
silkworm Cecropin B antimicrobial peptide were obtained and showed enhanced antibacterial

Expression of a synthesized gene encoding cationic peptide cecropin B in transgenic tomato plants protects against bacterial diseases

PS Jan, HY Huang, HM Chen - Applied and Environmental …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
peptide antibiotics in agriculture, one of the effective methods is through the transgenic
expression of these simple peptides … studies, transgenic tomatoes showed improved resistance to …

Characterization of the Bombyx mori Cecropin A1 promoter regulated by IMD pathway

XT Hua, XJ Ma, RJ Xue, TC Cheng, F Wang… - Insect …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… into the transcriptional control of this antimicrobial peptide gene upon immune challenges. …
, which may confer different regulation mechanisms. A transgenic silkworm expressing green …

Enhanced Silkworm Cecropin B Antimicrobial Activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Single Amino Acid Variation

O Romoli, S Mukherjee, SA Mohid, A Dutta… - ACS Infectious …, 2019 - ACS Publications
… Here, we characterized the antimicrobial activity and the action mechanisms against P. …
of the antimicrobial peptide cecropin B, both isolated from the silkworm Bombyx mori. These …

Recombinant expression of sericin-cecropin fusion protein and its functional activity

DS Thomas, C Manoharan, S Rasalkar, RK Mishra… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Springer
… and its fusion with cecropin B, a potent antimicrobial peptide. Both … The silkworm, Bombyx
mori (Pure Mysore) was maintained … to believe that the activity is conferred by its unique repeat …