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The bagworm genome reveals a unique fibroin gene that provides high tensile strength

Arthropod silk is known as a versatile tool, and its variability makes it an attractive biomaterial. Eumeta variegata is a bagworm moth (Lepidoptera, Psychidae) that uses silk throughout all life stages. Notably, the bagworm-specific uses of silk include larval development in a bag coated with silk...

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Autores principales: Kono, Nobuaki, Nakamura, Hiroyuki, Ohtoshi, Rintaro, Tomita, Masaru, Numata, Keiji, Arakawa, Kazuharu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6488591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31044173
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-019-0412-8