Variability in the mechanical properties of spider silks on three levels: Interspecific, intraspecific and intraindividual

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 301-306

  Madsen, Bo ^a   Shao, Zheng Zhong ^a,b   Vollrath, Fritz ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biopolymer; Silk mechanics; Silk variability

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; SILK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER; STARVATION; STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 0345620786     PISSN: 01418130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-8130(98)00094-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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