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Long-read transcriptomic analysis of orb-weaving spider Araneus ventricosus indicates transcriptional diversity of spidroins.
International journal of biological macromolecules - 31 Jan 2021
Zhou Shi-Yi, Dong Qing-Lin, Zhu Ke-Sen, Gao Lei, Chen Xin, Xiang Hui
Abstract excerpt
Spider silk, which is composed of diverse silk proteins (spidroin), is a kind of natural high-mass biomaterial with great potential. However, due to the complexity of both the structure and the composition of the spidroins in natural spider silk, application of this valuable biomass is still limited to date. There are diverse kinds of spider silk in the orb-weaving spider with different mechanical and structural...
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