Evidence for diet effects on the composition of silk proteins produced by spiders

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1904-1913

  Craig, Catherine L ^a,b   Riekel, Christian ^c   Herberstein, Marie E ^d   Weber, Robert S ^e   Kaplan, David ^b   Pierce, Naomi E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b High Frequency Materials Measurement and Information Center   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e Arthur D Little   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Argiope argentata; Diet; Protein structure; Silk; Spider

Indexed keywords

M PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; DIET; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SILK; SPIDER; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARGIOPE;

EID: 0033638899     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026292     Document Type: Article

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