Adaptation of caddisfly larval silks to aquatic habitats by phosphorylation of h-fibroin serines

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 969-974

  Stewart, Russell J ^a   Wang, Ching Shuen ^a  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERIC NATURE; AQUATIC HABITATS; ELECTROSTATIC ASSOCIATION; MOLECULAR ADAPTATIONS; SILK FIBER; SILK PROTEINS;

AMINO ACIDS; CALCIUM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEINS; SPINNING (FIBERS);

SILK;

ARGININE; CALCIUM; FIBROIN; SERINE; SILK FIBROIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CADDISFLY; ELECTRICITY; INSECT; LARVA; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SILK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM; ECOSYSTEM; FIBROINS; INSECTS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER;

AMINO ACIDS; ARGININE; CALCIUM; ELECTROSTATICS; FIBERS; FIBROIN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEINS; SERINE; SILK; SPINNING;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 77950845516     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: 15264602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm901426d     Document Type: Article

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