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Spider silk reduces insect herbivory

✍ Scribed by Rypstra, A. L.; Buddle, C. M.

Book ID: 118061089
Publisher: The Royal Society
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Weight: 364 KB
Volume: 9
Category: Article
ISSN: 1744-9561
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0948

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Proteins that are highly expressed and composed of amino acids that are costly to synthesize are likely to place a greater drain on an organism's energy resources than proteins that are composed of ingested amino acids or ones that are metabolically simple to produce. Silks are highly expressed prot