Conservation of Silk Genes in Trichoptera and Lepidoptera

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 641-653

  Yonemura, Naoyuki ^a,b   Mita, Kazuei ^a   Tamura, Toshiki ^a   Sehnal, František ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

DNA repeats; Fibroin; Insect genes; Lepidoptera; Protein polymers; Silk evolution; Trichoptera

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; AMPHOPHILE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCINE; SILK FIBROIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; EXON; GENE; H FIBROIN GENE; HEAVY CHAIN; HYDROPSYCHE ANGUSTIPENNIS; INTRON; L FIBROIN GENE; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; LIGHT CHAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN MOTIF; RHYACOPHILA OBLITERATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SILK; TRICHOPTERA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FIBROINS; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SILK;

HEXAPODA; HYDROPSYCHE ANGUSTIPENNIS; LEPIDOPTERA; LIMNEPHILUS DECIPIENS; RHYACOPHILA OBLITERATA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 67349162193     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-009-9234-5     Document Type: Article

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