Molecular architecture and evolution of a modular spider silk protein gene

Science

Volumn 287, Issue 5457, 2000, Pages 1477-1479

  Hayashi, Cheryl Y ^a   Lewis, Randolph V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; M PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SILK;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE CONVERSION; GENES; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034711997     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5457.1477     Document Type: Article

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