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Identification of Four Major Hornet Silk Genes with a Complex of Alanine-Rich and Serine-Rich Sequences in Vespa simillima xanthoptera Cameron

Hideki SEZUTSUNational Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
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Hideyuki KAJIWARANational Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
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Katsura KOJIMANational Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
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Kazuei MITANational Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
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Toshiki TAMURANational Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
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Yasushi TAMADANational Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
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Tsunenori KAMEDANational Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
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Pages 2725-2734 | Received 26 May 2007, Accepted 02 Aug 2007, Published online: 22 May 2014

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