Supercontracted spider dragline silk: A solid-state NMR study of the local structure

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 173-178

  Van Beek, J D ^a,b   Kummerlen J ^c   Vollrath, F ^d   Meier, B H ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dragline silk; Nephila madagascariensis; NMR

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SILK; SOLID STATE; SPIDER; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0345593648     PISSN: 01418130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-8130(98)00083-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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