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Chromosome‐level genome assembly of the black widow spider Latrodectus elegans illuminates composition and evolution of venom and silk proteins

BACKGROUND: The black widow spider has both extraordinarily neurotoxic venom and three-dimensional cobwebs composed of diverse types of silk. However, a high-quality reference genome for the black widow spider was still unavailable, which hindered deep understanding and application of the valuable b...

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Autores principales: Wang, Zhongkai, Zhu, Kesen, Li, Haorong, Gao, Lei, Huang, Huanying, Ren, Yandong, Xiang, Hui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9154082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35639632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giac049