Structural conformation of spidroin in solution: A synchrotron radiation circular dichroism study

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 758-767

  Dicko, Cedric ^a,c   Knight, David ^b   Kenney, John M ^b,c   Vollrath, Fritz ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONFORMATIONS; EXTRACTION; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILK; SPINNING (FIBERS); SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

ANIMALS SPINNING PROCESSES; SPIDER SILK; STRUCTURAL CONFORMATIONS;

PROTEINS;

PROTEIN; SPIDROIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BETA SHEET; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FIBER; LIQUID; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIATION; SILK; SPIDER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FIBROINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SYNCHROTRONS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE;

EID: 2542535248     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm034373e     Document Type: Article

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