Silkworm strains for enabling production of proteins using various baculovirus

A method for screening a silkworm for use in baculovirus-based recombinant protein production, which comprises the following steps:

• 1) preparing a candidate silkworm;
• 2) infecting the silkworm with AcNPV to evaluate its susceptibility to AcNPV;
• and
• 3) selecting the silkworm if it is susceptible to AcNPV.

A method for producing a silkworm for use in baculovirus-based recombinant protein production, which comprises the following steps:

• 1) preparing a candidate silkworm;
• 2) infecting the silkworm with AcNPV to evaluate its susceptibility to AcNPV;
• 3) selecting the silkworm if it is susceptible to AcNPV;
• and
• 4) breeding the selected silkworm.

A silkworm strain which is any one of i) to iv) shown below:

• i) a silkworm of AcNPV-susceptible strain c11 or a mutant thereof having the same biological properties as the c11 strain;
• ii) a silkworm of AcNPV-susceptible strain d17 or a mutant thereof having the same biological properties as the d17 strain;
• iii) a silkworm of AcNPV-susceptible strain f10 or a mutant thereof having the same biological properties as the f10 strain;
• and
• iv) a silkworm of AcNPV-susceptible strain f38 or a mutant thereof having the same biological properties as the f38 strain.