Silk gene transcripts in the developing tubuliform glands of the Western black widow, Latrodectus hesperus
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Molecular and mechanical properties of major ampullate silk of the black widow spider, Latrodectus hesperus.
Molecular and material properties of major ampullate silk were studied for the cobweb-building black widow spider Latrodectus hesperus. Material properties were measured by stretching the silk to breaking. The strength was 1.0 +/- 0.2 GPa, and the extensibility was 34 +/- 8%. The secondary structure of the major ampullate silk protein was studied using carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy. Alanine underg...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Arachnology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0161-8202,1937-2396
DOI: 10.1636/sh09-20.1