Molecular characterization and evolutionary study of spider tubuliform (eggcase) silk protein

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 8006-8012

  Tian, Maozhen ^a   Lewis, Randolph V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DNA; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PROTEINS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

GENE CONVERSION; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; TUBULIFORM SILK;

SILK;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCINE; INSECT PROTEIN; SILK PROTEIN; TUBULIFORM SPIDROIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARANEUS GEMMOIDES; ARGIOPE AURANTIA; ARTICLE; CROSSING OVER; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEPHILA CLAVIPES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SILK; SPIDER; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FIBROINS; GENE LIBRARY; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SILK; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS;

AMINO ACIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS; SILK;

ARANEAE; ARANEUS; ARGIOPE AURANTIA; NEPHILA CLAVIPES;

EID: 20144362683     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi050366u     Document Type: Article

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