Material properties of cobweb silk from the black widow spider Latrodectus hesperus

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 277-282

  Moore, Anne M F ^a   Tran, Kimly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black widow; Latrodectus hesperus; Material analysis

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTALLIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; RIGIDITY; SILK; SPIDER; TENSILE STRENGTH; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 0032913673     PISSN: 01418130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-8130(98)00090-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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