Cocoonase is indispensable for Lepidoptera insects breaking the sealed cocoon.
Gai T, Tong X, Han M, Li C, Fang C, Zou Y, Hu H, Xiang H, Xiang Z, Lu C, Dai F.
Gai T, et al.
PLoS Genet. 2020 Sep 28;16(9):e1009004. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009004. eCollection 2020 Sep.
PLoS Genet. 2020.
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After emerging from the pupa, the moths must escape from the sealed cocoons. Previous works identified cocoonase as the active enzyme loosening the cocoon to form an escape-hatch. Here, using bioinformatics tools, we show that cocoonase is specific to Lepidoptera an …
After emerging from the pupa, the moths must escape from the sealed cocoons. Previous works identified cocoonase as the active enzyme …