Orb-weaving spider Araneus ventricosus genome elucidates the spidroin gene catalogue.

ABSTRACT: Members of the family Araneidae are common orb-weaving spiders, and they produce several types of silks throughout their behaviors and lives, from reproduction to foraging. Egg sac, prey capture thread, or dragline silk possesses characteristic mechanical properties, and its variability makes it a highly attractive material for ecological, evolutional, and industrial fields. However, the complete set of constituents of silks produced by a single species is still unclear, and novel spidroin genes as well as other proteins are still being found. Here, we present the first genome in genus Araneus together with the full set of spidroin genes with unamplified long reads and confirmed with transcriptome of the silk glands and proteome analysis of the dragline silk. The catalogue includes the fir

SUBMITTER: Kono N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6557832 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature