Table 2.

The silkworm orthologs of human genes associated with diabetes mellitus.

Genes	Primer Names	Sequences
Bm-INSR	INSR-qRT-up	5'-GGTCCGAGATGACTTGTATGG-3'
	INSR-qRT-down	5'-GCTGCTGTTGAATGTCTTATAGG-3'
Ribosomal protein 49	rp49-qRT-up	5'-AGGCATCAATCGGATCGCTATG-3'
	rp49-qRT-down	5'-TTGTGAACTAGGACCTTACGGAATC-3'
Bm-INSR	INSR-dsRNA-up *	5'-AGACGCTATCATTGTTGGA-3'
	INSR-dsRNA-down	5'-TGCGGTTCACTTTACGA-3'
GFP	GFP-dsRNA-up	5'-AAGTTCAGCGTGTCCG-3'
	GFP-dsRNA-down	5'-CACCTTGATGCCGTTC-3'

* The sequences in box are the T7 promoter sequence for synthesis of dsRNA.