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Bombyxin G1 gene, a novel insulin-related peptide gene of the silkmoth Bombyx mori, has been identified. The G1 gene encodes a precursor peptide which shows 41–56% and 28% sequence identities with preprobombyxins previously characterized and human preproinsulin, respectively. The G1 gene forms a pair with bombyxin C2 gene with opposite transcriptional orientation in a bombyxin gene cluster. The bombyxin G1 mRNA in Bombyx brain was shown to locate in four pairs of medial neurosecretory cells.
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Received: 10 March 1998 / Accepted: 27 May 1998
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Yoshida, I., Moto, K., Sakurai, S. et al. A novel member of the bombyxin gene family: structure and expression of bombyxin G1 gene, an insulin-related peptide gene of the silkmoth Bombyx mori . Dev Gene Evol 208, 407–410 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004270050197
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004270050197