Molecular studies of a novel dragline silk from a nursery web spider, Euprosthenops sp. (Pisauridae)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 371-376

  Pouchkina Stantcheva, Natalia N ^a   McQueen Mason, Simon J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystal forming motifs; Dragline silk; Euprosthenops; Major ampullate gland fibroin; Mechanical properties; Pisauridae; Silk structure; Spider

Indexed keywords

FIBROIN; SILK FIBROIN;

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SILK; SPIDER; STRENGTH;

ARANEAE; ARANEUS; ARANEUS DIADEMATUS; EUPROSTHENOPS; LATRODECTUS; LATRODECTUS MACTANS; NEPHILA; PISAURIDAE;

EID: 4344705117     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2004.04.020     Document Type: Article

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