Containment of extended length polymorphisms in silk proteins

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 325-338

  Chinali, Alberto ^a,b   Vater, Wolfram ^a   Rudakoff, Baerbel ^a   Sponner, Alexander ^a,c   Unger, Eberhard ^a   Grosse, Frank ^a   Guehrs, Karl Heinz ^a   Weisshart, Klaus ^a,d  

^a FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Invitrogen Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genus Nephila; Length polymorphism; Spider silk evolution; Spidroin structure function relationships

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIBROIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPIDER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FIBROINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; NEPHILA; NEPHILA CLAVIPES;

EID: 77954458315     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-010-9326-2     Document Type: Article

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