IN silkworms, it has been found that tyrosine is used not only for biosynthesis of the silk proteins 1, but also to form melanin pigments, but little is known of its origin. The present work was ...

SILK production is one of the most important industries in most of the warmer parts of the world; but the mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori, still supplies by far the largest proportion of this ...

Silk craft villages have dotted Vietnam for hundreds of years. They make silk by hand in a tedious, 30-step process. Craftspeople feed the silkworms every four hours so they spin brilliantly ...