Molecular biology of spider silk

Reviews in Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 85-93

  Winkler, Stefan ^a   Kaplan, David L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dragline; Genetic engineering; Silk; Spider; Synthetic genes

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; SPIDER;

ANIMAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INSECT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPIDERS;

EID: 0034252398     PISSN: 13890352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-0352(00)00005-2     Document Type: Review

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