Hornet silk proteins in the cocoons produced by different Vespa species inhabiting Japan

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-224

  Kameda, Tsunenori ^a   Kojima, Katsura ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^a   Sezutsu, Hideki ^a   Teramoto, Hidetoshi ^a   Kuwana, Yoshihiko ^a   Tamada, Yasushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cocoons; Hornet silk proteins; Vespa species

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COCOON; HORNET SILK; JAPAN; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SILK; VESPA ANALIS; VESPA CRABRO; VESPA DUCALIS; VESPA DYBOWSKII; VESPA MANDARINIA; VESPA SIMILLIMA; WASP;

VESPA; VESPA ANALIS; VESPA CRABRO; VESPA MANDARINIA;

EID: 50049100062     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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