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20359492

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-5-3
pubmed:abstractText
Supercontraction is commonly considered as a functional adaptation of major ampullate gland (MA) silk to its role as the main structural material in orb-webs. However, the observation of supercontraction in the dragline silk of a lynx spider species, as it is shown in this work, offers a strong support to the hypothesis that the appearance of supercontraction preceded the advent of capture webs. Moreover, the absence of proline in the sequence of dragline silk spidroin in Oxyopidae and related spiders indicates that the presence of this amino acid may not be required for the existence of supercontraction. In this regard, the presence of particular subrepeats--in orb-web and non-orb-web building spiders--adds new clues for the understanding of supercontraction and associated effects.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1879-0003
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
555-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Supercontraction of dragline silk spun by lynx spiders (Oxyopidae).
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Ciencia de Materiales, ETSI Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain. jperez@mater.upm.es
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't