Variation in protein intake induces variation in spider silk expression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Blamires, Sean J ^a   Wu, Chun Lin ^b   Tso, I Min ^a,c  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; INSECT PROTEIN; PROLINE; SILK PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINO ACID; FIBROIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGIOPE AETHERA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYRTOPHORA MOLUCCENSIS; FEMALE; LEUCAUGE BLANDA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTAKE; SILK; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPIDER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG MODULUS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIBROINS; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPIDERS;

EID: 84857422251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031626     Document Type: Article

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