Purification and characterization of five cuticular proteins from the spider Araneus diadematus

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 8-9, 1996, Pages 907-915

  Norup, Tina ^a   Berg, Torben ^a   Stenholm, Halfdan ^a   Andersen, Svend Olav ^b   Højrup, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Araneus diadematus; Cuticular proteins; Homology; Mass spectrometry; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CUTICLE PROTEINS, INSECTS; INSECT PROTEIN; PROLINE; PROTEIN; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CUTICLE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIDER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPIDERS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARANEUS DIADEMATUS; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0030240415     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(96)00052-5     Document Type: Article

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