Characterization of silk spun by the embiopteran, Antipaluria urichi

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 75-82

  Collin, Matthew A ^a   Garb, Jessica E ^b   Edgerly, Janice S ^c   Hayashi, Cheryl Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; cDNA; Fibroin; Silk; Silk glands; Webspinner

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; INSECT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SILK; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SILK; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANTIPALURIA; ANTIPALURIA URICHI; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BOMBYX MORI; EMBIOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 60549116154     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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