Spider silk proteins - Mechanical property and gene sequence

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-281

  Rising, Anna ^a   Nimmervoll, Helena ^a   Grip, Stefan ^a   Fernandez Arias, Armando ^a   Storckenfeldt, Erica ^a   Knight, David P ^b   Vollrath, Fritz ^c   Engström, Wilhelm ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Galaxy House   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Function; MaSp1; MaSp2; Spider silk; Structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; EXOCRINE GLAND; GENE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; SILK; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; GENES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SILK; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE;

EID: 18144391943     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.273     Document Type: Review

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