Spiders use fibroins to make silk strands. This family includes tubuliform silk fibroins which are used to protect egg cases. This domain is a structural domain which is found in repeats of up to 20 in many individuals (although this is not necessari ...
Spiders use fibroins to make silk strands. This family includes tubuliform silk fibroins which are used to protect egg cases. This domain is a structural domain which is found in repeats of up to 20 in many individuals (although this is not necessarily the case). RP1 makes up structural domains in the N terminal while RP2 makes up structural domains in the C terminal. [1]