Major ampullate spidroins from Euprosthenops australis: Multiplicity at protein, mRNA and gene levels

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 551-561

  Rising, A ^a   Johansson, J ^a   Larson, G ^b   Bongcam Rudloff, E ^a   Engstrom W ^a   Hjalm G ^a,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Box 582 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evolution; Major ampullate spidroin; MaSp; Silk; Spider

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIBROIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SPIDER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FIBROINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; EUPROSTHENOPS; PISAURIDAE;

EID: 34748829747     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2007.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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