1. New insights into the genomic organization and splicing of the doublesex gene, a terminal regulator of sexual differentiation in the silkworm Bombyx mori. Duan J, Xu H, Guo H, O'Brochta DA, Wang F, Ma S, Zhang L, Zha X, Zhao P, Xia Q. PLoS One. 2013 Nov 7;8(11):e79703. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079703. eCollection 2013.

2. Comparative proteomics reveal diverse functions and dynamic changes of Bombyx mori silk proteins spun from different development stages. Dong Z, Zhao P, Wang C, Zhang Y, Chen J, Wang X, Lin Y, Xia Q. J Proteome Res. 2013 Nov 1;12(11):5213-22. doi: 10.1021/pr4005772. Epub 2013 Oct 8.

3. High‑efficiency system for construction and evaluation of customized TALENs for silkworm genome editing. Wang F, Ma S, Xu H, Duan J, Wang Y, Ding H, Liu Y, Wang X, Zhao P, Xia Q. Mol Genet Genomics. 2013 Dec;288(12):683-90.

4. Comparative methylomics between domesticated and wild silkworms implies possible epigenetic influences on silkworm domestication. Xiang H, Li X, Dai F, Xu X, Tan A, Chen L, Zhang G, Ding Y, Li Q, Lian J, Willden A, Guo Q, Xia Q, Wang J, Wang W. BMC Genomics. 2013 Sep 23;14:646. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-646.

5. Draft genome sequence of the mulberry tree Morus notabilis. He N, Zhang C, Qi X, Zhao S, Tao Y, Yang G, Lee TH, Wang X, Cai Q, Li D, Lu M, Liao S, Luo G, He R, Tan X, Xu Y, Li T, Zhao A, Jia L, Fu Q, Zeng Q, Gao C, Ma B, Liang J, Wang X, Shang J, Song P, Wu H, Fan L, Wang Q, Shuai Q, Zhu J, Wei C, Zhu-Salzman K, Jin D, Wang J, Liu T, Yu M, Tang C, Wang Z, Dai F, Chen J, Liu Y, Zhao S, Lin T, Zhang S, Wang J, Wang J, Yang H, Yang G, Wang J, Paterson AH, Xia Q, Ji D, Xiang Z. Nat Commun. 2013;4:2445. doi: 10.1038/ncomms3445.

6. Genetic marking of sex using a W chromosome-linked transgene. Ma S, Wang X, Fei J, Liu Y, Duan J, Wang F, Xu H, Zhao P, Xia Q. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2013 Dec;43(12):1079-86. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.08.009. Epub 2013 Sep 13.

7. Translationally controlled tumor protein, a dual functional protein involved in the immune response of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Wang F, Hu C, Hua X, Song L, Xia Q. PLoS One. 2013 Jul 22;8(7):e69284. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069284. Print 2013.

8. Large scale full-length cDNA sequencing reveals a unique genomic landscape in a lepidopteran model insect, Bombyx mori. Suetsugu Y, Futahashi R, Kanamori H, Kadono-Okuda K, Sasanuma S, Narukawa J, Ajimura M, Jouraku A, Namiki N, Shimomura M, Sezutsu H, Osanai-Futahashi M, Suzuki MG, Daimon T, Shinoda T, Taniai K, Asaoka K, Niwa R, Kawaoka S, Katsuma S, Tamura T, Noda H, Kasahara M, Sugano S, Suzuki Y, Fujiwara H, Kataoka H, Arunkumar KP, Tomar A, Nagaraju J, Goldsmith MR, Feng Q, Xia Q, Yamamoto K, Shimada T, Mita K. G3 (Bethesda). 2013 Sep 4;3(9):1481-92. doi: 10.1534/g3.113.006239.

9. 20-Hydroxyecdysone upregulates Atg genes to induce autophagy in the Bombyx fat body. Tian L, Ma L, Guo E, Deng X, Ma S, Xia Q, Cao Y, Li S.

Autophagy. 2013 Aug;9(8):1172-87. doi: 10.4161/auto.24731. Epub 2013 May 14.

10. The promoter of Bmlp3 gene can direct fat body-specific expression in the transgenic silkworm, Bombyx mori. Deng D, Xu H, Wang F, Duan X, Ma S, Xiang Z, Xia Q. Transgenic Res. 2013 Oct;22(5):1055-63. doi: 10.1007/s11248-013-9705-8. Epub 2013 Mar 30.

11. Identification of a midgut-specific promoter in the silkworm Bombyx mori. Jiang L, Cheng T, Dang Y, Peng Z, Zhao P, Liu S, Jin S, Lin P, Sun Q, Xia Q. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2013 Apr 19;433(4):542-6. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.03.019. Epub 2013 Mar 21.

12. Comparative genomics of parasitic silkworm microsporidia reveal an association between genome expansion and host adaptation. Pan G, Xu J, Li T, Xia Q, Liu SL, Zhang G, Li S, Li C, Liu H, Yang L, Liu T, Zhang X, Wu Z, Fan W, Dang X, Xiang H, Tao M, Li Y, Hu J, Li Z, Lin L, Luo J, Geng L, Wang L, Long M, Wan Y, He N, Zhang Z, Lu C, Keeling PJ, Wang J, Xiang Z, Zhou Z. BMC Genomics. 2013 Mar 16;14:186. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-186.

13. A transgenic animal with antiviral properties that might inhibit multiple stages of infection. Jiang L, Zhao P, Cheng T, Sun Q, Peng Z, Dang Y, Wu X, Wang G, Jin S, Lin P, Xia Q. Antiviral Res. 2013 May;98(2):171-3. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2013.02.015. Epub 2013 Mar 4.

14.An optimized sericin-1 expression system for mass-producing recombinant proteins in the middle silk glands of transgenic silkworms. Wang F, Xu H, Yuan L, Ma S, Wang Y, Duan X, Duan J, Xiang Z, Xia Q. Transgenic Res. 2013 Oct;22(5):925-38. doi: 10.1007/s11248-013-9695-6. Epub 2013 Feb 23.

15. Cell cycle-dependent recruitment of polycomb proteins to the ASNS promoter counteracts C/ebp-mediated transcriptional activation in Bombyx mori. Li Z, Cheng D, Mon H, Zhu L, Xu J, Tatsuke T, Lee JM, Xia Q, Kusakabe T. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e52320. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052320. Epub 2013 Jan 28.

16. Comparison of factors that may affect the inhibitory efficacy of transgenic RNAi targeting of baculoviral genes in silkworm, Bombyx mori. Jiang L, Zhao P, Wang G, Cheng T, Yang Q, Jin S, Lin P, Xiao Y, Sun Q, Xia Q. Antiviral Res. 2013 Mar;97(3):255-63. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2012.12.020. Epub 2012 Dec 26.

17. Cre-mediated targeted gene activation in the middle silk glands of transgenic silkworms (Bombyx mori). Duan J, Xu H, Ma S, Guo H, Wang F, Zhao P, Xia Q. Transgenic Res. 2013 Jun;22(3):607-19. doi: 10.1007/s11248-012-9677-0. Epub 2012 Dec 23.

18. Novel female-specific trans-spliced and alternative splice forms of dsx in the silkworm Bombyx mori. Duan J, Xu H, Wang F, Ma S, Zha X, Guo H, Zhao P, Xia Q. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2013 Feb 15;431(3):630-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.12.062. Epub 2012 Dec 20.

19. Cloning and evolutionary analysis of tobacco MAPK gene family. Zhang X, Cheng T, Wang G, Yan Y, Xia Q. Mol Biol Rep. 2013 Feb;40(2):1407-15. doi: 10.1007/s11033-012-2184-9. Epub 2012 Oct 19.