Beta transition and stress-induced phase separation in the spinning of spider dragline silk

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 205-210

  Knight, D P ^a   Knight, M M ^b   Vollrath, F ^a,c  

^a OX1 3PS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Congo red; Drawing; Fibers; Nephila edulis; Phase separation; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

CONGO RED; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBER; FORCE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; NEPHILA; NEPHILA EDULIS;

EID: 0034643851     PISSN: 01418130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-8130(00)00124-0     Document Type: Article

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