As part of the process, scientists transform the virus with the RFP and GFP proteins that have attracted so much attention from non-geneticists. These proteins serve as markers confirming that the silkworms have been infected and help measure the amount of protein expression.
而在病毒中殖入吸引外界目光的珊瑚、水母螢光基因，目的只是作為標記，以確認蠶寶寶是否已被感染，以及辨識蛋白「表達量」的多寡而已。