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Conservation of Essential Design Features in Coiled Coil Silks

Date

Authors

Sutherland, Tara D

Weisman, Sarah

Trueman, Holly E

Sriskantha, Alagacone

Trueman, John

Haritos, Victoria S

Publisher

Society for Molecular Biology Evolution

Abstract

Silks are strong protein fibers produced by a broad array of spiders and insects. The vast majority of known silks are large, repetitive proteins assembled into extended β-sheet structures. Honeybees, however, have found a radically different evolutionar

Keywords

Keywords: alanine; fibroin; amino terminal sequence; ant; article; bee; bumblebee; carboxy terminal sequence; gene sequence; genetic variability; honeybee; infrared spectroscopy; nonhuman; orthology; silk; Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Ants; Bees; Chromatography, L Ants; Bees; Coiled coils; Silk; Social insects

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/50802

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1093/molbev/msm171

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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