Silk gene transcripts in the developing tubuliform glands of the Western black widow, Latrodectus hesperus

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-103

  Casem, Merri L ^a,b   Collin, Matthew A ^a   Ayoub, Nadia A ^a   Hayashi, Cheryl Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg case; Egg case protein 1; Egg case protein 2; Spider silk; Tubuliform spidroin 1

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; LATRODECTUS; LATRODECTUS HESPERUS;

EID: 77949769815     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/Sh09-20.1     Document Type: Article

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