Pupae inside cocoons rarely suffer from disease. It is apparent that some factors in the cocoon exert antimicrobial effects whereby the pupae inside can be protected from microbial infection. In the present study, we ...
Acknowledgments This research was supported by the Hi-Tech Research and Development 863 Program of China (No. 2013AA102507), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31372379 and No. 31472153), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities in China (No. XDJK2013A001 and No. XDJK2014C046) and the National Undergraduate Training Programs for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (No. 201310635008).
Green cocoons in silkworm, Bombyx mori, are caused by flavonoids accumulation in the silk proteins, fibroin and sericin. Despite the economic value of natural green cocoon and medical value of flavonoids, there is lim...