The mechanical design of spider silks: From fibroin sequence to mechanical function

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 3295-3303

  Gosline, J M ^a   Guerette, P A ^a   Ortlepp, C S ^a   Savage, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Araneus diadematus; Fibroin; Nephila clavipes; Silk; Spider; Structure property relationship

Indexed keywords

ARANEUS DIADEMATUS; BETA SHEET; BIOMATERIAL; CRYSTAL; DESIGN; FIBER; FIBROIN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEPHILA CLAVIPES; POLYMER; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; SILK; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BOMBYX; ELASTICITY; FIBROINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SILK; SPIDERS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ARANEAE; ARANEUS DIADEMATUS; NEPHILA CLAVIPES;

EID: 0033377495     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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