Electronic Supplementary Material
A novel marine silk
Katrin Kronenbergera,*, Cedric Dickoa,**, Fritz Vollratha, ***
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Zoology Department, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3PS, UK
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Present address: EM & Imaging Resource Facility, St. George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London
SW17 0RE
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Present address: Pure and Applied Biochemistry, Chemical Centre, Lund University, Sweden
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Corresponding author: Professor Fritz Vollrath, Oxford Silk Group, ABRG, Department of Zoology, University of
Oxford, Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, [email protected]
Fig. S1 Characterisation of glandular tissue and general nature of amphipod silk in the secretory legs of C. bonellii
(A, B) revealed by different staining methods in light microscopy. (A) Mercury Bromophenol Blue; (B) Alcian Blue
2.5; (C) Non-secretory leg stained with Alcian Blue 2.5 as control. Arrows pointing at areas with a strong positive
reaction to the stain.
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Fig. S2 Amino acid composition of selected arthropod secretions. Mean amino acid (aa) distribution in CB (C.
bonellii) silk, BC (B. creantus) cement (Kamino et al. 1996), ADF (A. diadematus) Flag silk (Andersen 1970), ADA
(A. diadematus aggregate gland secretion) (Andersen 1970), ADPIRI (A. diadematus pyriform gland secretion)
(Andersen 1970). Error bars indicate 95 % confidence limits.
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