Piriform spider silk sequences reveal unique repetitive elements

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3000-3006

  Perry, David J ^a   Bittencourt, Daniela ^a,b   Siltberg Liberles, Jessica ^a   Rech, Elibio L ^c   Lewis, Randolph V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PROTEINS; SILK;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; C-TERMINAL REGIONS; DRAGLINE SILK; NORTHERN BLOT ANALYSIS; ORTHOLOGS; PHAGE LIBRARIES; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SEQUENCE SIMILARITY; SILK FIBROIN; SILK PROTEINS; SPIDER SILK FIBERS; SPIDER SILK PROTEIN; SPIDER SILKS; SPIDROINS;

AMINO ACIDS;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROLINE; SILK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA LIBRARY; FEMALE; GENE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SILK; SPIDER; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHORT INTERSPERSED REPEAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACIDS; GENES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PROTEINS; SILK;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHORT INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; SILK; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS;

EID: 78650349226     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: 15264602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm1007585     Document Type: Article

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