Mechanism of silk processing in insects and spiders

Nature

Volumn 424, Issue 6952, 2003, Pages 1057-1061

  Jin, Hyoung Joon ^a   Kaplan, David L ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS; TOUGHNESS;

SILK PROCESSING;

SILK;

FIBROIN; SILK FIBROIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INSECT; MICELLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILK; SILKWORM; SOLUBILITY; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; EMULSIONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; MICELLES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SILK; SOLUTIONS; SPIDERS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

PRODUCTION; SILK; SILKWORM; SPIDER SILK; SPINNING;

EID: 0042364941     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01809     Document Type: Article

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