A single-cell transcriptomic atlas characterizes the silk-producing organ in the silkworm

The molecular underpinning of silk-producing organs is not well characterized. Here the authors use single-cell RNA sequencing to build an atlas of the silkworm silk gland and reveal the heterogeneity of silk gland cells.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yan Ma, Wenhui Zeng, Yongbing Ba, Qin Luo, Yao Ou, Rongpeng Liu, Jingwen Ma, Yiyun Tang, Jie Hu, Haomiao Wang, Xuan Tang, Yuanyuan Mu, Qingjun Li, Yuqin Chen, Yiting Ran, Zhonghuai Xiang, Hanfu Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31003-1