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. 2019 May 7;9:7004. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-43441-x

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Comparison of the transcriptional activity of the 121 promoter with the strong lepidopteran promoters, BmA3 and Bmhsp90. The Bombyx mori promoters and the 121 promoter (−1,333) were ligated to a luciferase reporter gene, and the plasmid vectors were transfected into various insect cells: S2 (a), SaPe-4 (b), AeAl-2 (c), Sf9 (d), BmN4 (e) and Tc81 (f). Forty-eight hours after transfection, luciferase activity was measured and normalized to SEAP activity. Normalized values are expressed as mean ± SD. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; n = 3–4 in each group.