Conservation of a pH-sensitive structure in the C-terminal region of spider silk extends across the entire silk gene family
Spiders produce multiple silks with different physical properties that allow them to occupy a diverse range of ecological niches, including the underwater environment. Despite this functional diversity, past molecular analyses show a high degree of amino acid sequence similarity between C-terminal r...
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Nature Publishing Group
2018
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49822/ |