Characterization of the protein components of Nephila clavipes dragline silk

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4727-4736

  Sponner, Alexander ^a,b   Schlott, Bernhard ^a   Vollrath, Fritz ^b   Unger, Eberhard ^a   Grosse, Frank ^a   Weisshart, Klaus ^a,c  

^a FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYPEPTIDES; SILK;

FIBROINS; NEPHILA CLAVIPES; SPIDER SILK; SPIDROINS;

PROTEINS;

ANTIBODY; PROTEIN MASP 1; PROTEIN MASP 2; SILK FIBROIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEPHILA CLAVIPES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILK; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; CROSS REACTIONS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; FIBROINS; IMMUNE SERA; INSECT PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SILK; SOLUBILITY; SPIDERS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEGRADATION; DIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEINS; SILK;

EID: 15444368211     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi047671k     Document Type: Article

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