Purification and Properties of Eclosion Hormone of the Silkworm,Bombyx mori
- 1 August 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Agricultural and Biological Chemistry
- Vol. 47 (8) , 1901-1906
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00021369.1983.10865866
Abstract
Eclosion hormone was purified 5,000-fold from the extracts of male adult heads of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. The fourteen-step purification procedure consisting of solvent extractions, fractional precipitations and chromatographies afforded a partially purified preparation of eclosion hormone, 1.8 μg of which showed activity in a Bombyx pharate adult. The hormone was inactivated by proteolytic enzymes. The molecular weight of eclosion hormone was estimated to be 8,400 ± 1,000 daltons by gel-filtration on Sephadex G-50.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Eclosion HormonesPublished by Springer Nature ,1980