Ancient properties of spider silks revealed by the complete gene sequence of the prey-wrapping silk protein (AcSp1)

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 589-601

  Ayoub, Nadia A ^a,b   Garb, Jessica E ^c   Kuelbs, Amanda ^b   Hayashi, Cheryl Y ^b  

^a WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

Author keywords

aciniform silk; concerted evolution; full length gene; Latrodectus hesperus; spidroin; Western black widow

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLYCINE; PREY WRAPPING SILK PROTEIN; SERINE; SILK; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; EXON; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LATRODECTUS HESPERUS; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PURIFYING SELECTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLACK WIDOW SPIDER; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FIBROINS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84873588081     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss254     Document Type: Article

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