Spinning an elastic ribbon of spider silk

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1418, 2002, Pages 219-227

  Knight, David P ^a   Vollrath, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brown recluse; Elastomer; Electron microscopy; Extrusion; Loxosceles; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

SPIDER;

ARANEAE; LOXOSCELES; LOXOSCELES LAETA; LOXOSCELES RECLUSA;

INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILK; SPIDER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GOLGI APPARATUS; INSECT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SILK; SPIDERS;

EID: 0037185949     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2001.1026     Document Type: Article

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