Elongate cavities and skin-core structure in Nephila spider silk observed by electron microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-70

  Frische, S ^a   Maunsbach, A B ^a   Vollrath, F ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomaterial; Biopolymer; Fibrous protein; Microstructure; Nephila madagascariensis

Indexed keywords

SILK;

FIBER AXIS; FIBROUS PROTEINS; HOMOGENEOUS MATERIALS; MAJOR AMPULLATE SILKS; MATERIAL INHOMOGENEITIES; NEPHILUM MADAGASCARIENSI; OUTER LAYER; SILK FIBRES; SKIN-CORE STRUCTURE; SPIDER SILKS;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOMATERIAL; BIOPOLYMER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LARVA; MATERIAL STATE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILK; SKIN; SPIDER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031905882     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1998.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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