Spiderless spider webs: A silk protein has now been heterologously expressed, isolated, and spun into fibers in vitro for the first time

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 239-240

  Kaplan, David L ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; SILK; SPIDER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; INSECT PROTEINS; SILK; SPIDERS;

EID: 0036514615     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0302-239     Document Type: Article

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