Spider silk research has largely focused on spidroins, proteins that are the primary components of spider silk fibers. Although a number of spidroins have been characterized, other types of proteins associated with silk synthesis are virtually unknown. Previous comparison of tissue-specific RNAseq l...
ORGANISM(S): Latrodectus hesperus (Western black widow spider)
Spider silk research has largely focused on spidroins, proteins that are the primary components of spider silk fibers. Although a number of spidroins have been characterized, other types of proteins associated with silk synthesis are virtually unknown. Previous comparison of tissue-specific RNAseq l...
ORGANISM(S): Latrodectus hesperus (Western black widow spider)
Glands were frozen at -80 ºC immediately after being retrieved and stored under this condition until initiating the proteomics analysis protocol. Glands were washed with cold PBS and immersed in 120 l of homogenization buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 6.8, 10 mM DTT, 4% (w/v) SDS). Glands were boiled for ...
