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SUBMITTER: Chen G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3522626 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Gefei G Liu Xiangqin X Zhang Yunlong Y Lin Senzhu S Yang Zijiang Z Johansson Jan J Rising Anna A Meng Qing Q
PloS one 20121214 12
Spider silk includes seven protein based fibers and glue-like substances produced by glands in the spider's abdomen. Minor ampullate silk is used to make the auxiliary spiral of the orb-web and also for wrapping prey, has a high tensile strength and does not supercontract in water. So far, only partial cDNA sequences have been obtained for minor ampullate spidroins (MiSps). Here we describe the first MiSp full-length gene sequence from the spider species Araneus ventricosus, using a multidimensi ...[more]