Design, expression and solid-state NMR characterization of silk-like materials constructed from sequences of spider silk, Samia cynthia ricini and Bombyx mori silk fibroins

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 721-729

  Yang, Mingying ^a   Asakura, Tetsuo ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

13C CP MAS NMR; Bombyx mori silk; Genetic engineering; Samia cynthia ricini silk; Silk like protein analog; Spider dragline silk

Indexed keywords

FORMIC ACID; SILK FIBROIN; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FIBER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPIDER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; FIBROINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SILK; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; BOMBYX MORI; SAMIA CYNTHIA RICINI;

EID: 22344449183     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvi090     Document Type: Article

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