Putting a new spin on spider silk

Science

Volumn 271, Issue 5245, 1996, Pages 39-40

  Tirrell, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BIOMATERIAL; GLYCINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EVOLUTION; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SHORT SURVEY; SILK; SPIDER;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FIBROINS; GLYCINE; INSECT PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SILK; SPIDERS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0030023106     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.271.5245.39     Document Type: Short Survey

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