The design of silk fiber composition in moths has been conserved for more than 150 million years. [electronic resource]
- Journal of molecular evolution Jul 2006
- 42-53 p. digital
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
0022-2844
10.1007/s00239-005-0119-y doi
Amino Acid Motifs Amino Acid Sequence Animals Base Sequence Conserved Sequence DNA, Complementary--isolation & purification Evolution, Molecular Fibroins--biosynthesis Glycoproteins--genetics Insect Proteins--genetics Molecular Sequence Data Moths--genetics Sequence Homology, Amino Acid Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid Silk--biosynthesis Species Specificity Structural Homology, Protein Structure-Activity Relationship Time