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The three novel complete aciniform spidroin variants from Araneus ventricosus reveal diversity of gene sequences within specific spidroin type.
International journal of biological macromolecules - 15 Aug 2020
Wen Rui, Wang Kangkang, Meng Qing
Abstract excerpt
Orb-weaving spiders produce multiple types of silks with distinct functions and material features, and all these silks are mainly composed of proteins which encoded by specific spidroin (spider silk protein) gene family members. Moreover, nearly all spidroins have evolved one or more variants within specific-species. However, the majority of variant sequences are fragmentary, limiting us to investigate the...
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