Antheraea pemyi

Tussah silk Antheraea pemyi Oak (Quercus) trees China... 

Amino acid composition MA, MI, FLAG, and CYL from Dicko et al. (2004b), Acinous and Pyriform from unpublished data, Bombyx mori, Antheraea pemyi, and Galleria mellonella from sequences. 

Structure in solution Bombyx mori (Iizuka and Yang, 1966 Yao et al, 2004), MA, MI, FLAG, and CYL (Dicko et al., 2004b), Acinous and Pyriform (Fig. 8), Antheraea pemyi (Tsukada et al, 1994). The helix-like structure is loosely defined as a structure with a CD spectrum similar to myoglobin. /(-Spiral structure is defined as a super helical structure formed of straight sections and /(-turns. 

Fibers extensibility MA (Vollrath, 1999), MI (Vollrath unpublished), FLAG (Gosline et at., 1999a,b), CYL (Dicko et at., 2004b), Acinous (Hayashi et al, 2004), Bombyx mori, Antheraea pemyi, Galleria mellonella (Denny, 1980). 

Boeckh I. and Boeckh V. (1979) Threshold and odor specificity of pheromone-sensitive neurons in the deutocerebrum of Antheraea pemyi and A. polyphemus (Saturnidae). J. Comp. Physiol. 132, 235-242. 

Maida R., Krieger J., Gebauer T., Lange U. and Ziegelberger G. (2000) Three pheromonebinding proteins in olfactory sensilla of the two silkmoth species Antheraea polyphemus and Antheraea pemyi. Eur. J. Biochem. 267, 2899-2908. 

Meng L. Z., Wu C. H., Wicklein M., Kaissling K.-E. and Bestmann H. J. (1989) Number and sensitivity of three types of pheromone receptor cells in Antheraea pemyi and Antheraea polyphemus. J. Comp. Physiol. A 165, 139-146. 

Breer H., Krieger J. and Raming K. (1990) A novel class of binding proteins in the antennae of the silkmoth Antheraea pemyi. Insect Biochem. 20, 735-740. 

Raming K., Krieger J. and Breer H. (1990) Primary structure of a pheromone-binding protein from Antheraea pemyi homologies with other ligand-carrying proteins. J. Comp. Physiol. B 160, 503-509. 

Tussah is silk made from the cocoon of the wild silkworm, Antheraea pemyi or A. melitta. The latter animals tend to produce silk that is coarser and of lower quality than that produced by B. mori. 

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