An Australian webspinner species makes the finest known insect silk fibers

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 271-275

  Okada, Shoko ^a   Weisman, Sarah ^a   Trueman, Holly E ^a   Mudie, Stephen T ^a   Haritos, Victoria S ^a   Sutherland, Tara D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Protein fiber; Silk; Webspinner

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCINE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BETA SHEET; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBER; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SILK;

BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 49749108888     PISSN: 01418130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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