An independently evolved Dipteran silk with features common to Lepidopteran silks

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1036-1043

  Sutherland, Tara D ^a   Young, James H ^a   Sriskantha, Alagacone ^a   Weisman, Sarah ^a   Okada, Shoko ^a   Haritos, Victoria S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basitarsus; Dance fly silk protein; Hilarini

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FLY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SILK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIPTERA; EVOLUTION; INSECT PROTEINS; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SILK;

DIPTERA; EMPIDIDAE; EMPIDINAE; HILARA;

EID: 34548223027     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

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