The effect of solvents on spider silk studied by mechanical testing and single-fibre Raman spectroscopy

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 295-300

  Shao, Zhengzhong ^a,b   Young, Robert J ^c   Vollrath, Fritz ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Araneus diadematus; Mechanical testing; Raman spectroscopy; Silk ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SILK; SPIDER; TENSILE STRENGTH; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 0032913539     PISSN: 01418130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-8130(98)00093-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (27)

1. Osaka S. Acta Arachnol. 37:1989;69.
2. Vollrath F. Sci Am. 266:1992;70.
3. Gosline J.M., DeMont M.E., Denny M.W. Endeavour. 10:1986;37.
4. Lewis R.V. Acc Chem Res. 25:1992;392.
5. Work R.W., Emerson P.D. J Arachnol. 10:1982;1.
6. Vollrath F., Edmonds D.T. Nature. 340:1989;305.
7. Work R.W. J Exp Biol. 118:1977;379.
8. Termonia Y. Macromolecules. 27:1994;7378.
9. Shao Z., Vollrath F. Polymer. 40:1999;1799.
10. Tu A.T. Raman Spectroscopy in Biology: Principles and Applications. 1982;Wiley, New York.
11. Tsukada M., Freddi G., Monti P., Bertoluzza A., Kasai N. J Polym Sci B Polym Phys. 33:1995;1995.
12. Magoshi J., Magoshi Y, Nakamura S. Polym Commun. 26:1985;309.
13. Zheng S., Li G., Yao W., Yu T. Appl Spectrosc. 43:1989;1269.
14. Edwards H.G.M., Farwell D.W. J Raman Spectrosc. 26:1995;901.
15. Gillespie D.B., Viney C., Yager P. Silk Polymers: Materials Science and Biotechnology, ACS Symposium Series 544. 1994;155 ACS, Washington DC.
16. Shao Z., Vollrath F., Sirichaisit J., Young R.J. Polymer. 40:1999;2493.
17. Koenig J.L., Sutton P. Biopolymers. 9:1970;1229.
18. Koenig J.L., Sutton P. Biopolymers. 10:1971;89.
19. Krimm S, Bandekar J. Adv Protein Chem. 38:1986;181.
20. Yu T.J., Lippert J.L., Peticolas W.L. Biopolymers. 12:1973;2161.
21. Frushour B.G., Koenig J.L. Biopolymers. 13:1974;1809.
22. Grubb D.T., Jelinski L.W. Macromolecules. 30:1997;2860.
23. Knight D, Vollrath F. Int J Biol Macromol 1999: in press.
24. Vollrath F., Holtet T., Thøgersen H.C., Frische S. Proc. R. Soc. 263:1996;147-151.
25. Fornes R.E., Work R.W., Morosoff N. J Polym Sci Polym Phys Ed. 21:1983;1163.
26. Williams R.W. J Mol Biol. 166:1983;581.
27. Williams R.W. Methods Enzymol. 130:1986;311.