Molecular and mechanical properties of major ampullate silk of the black widow spider, Latrodectus hesperus

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 689-695

  Lawrence, Barbara A ^a   Vierra, Craig A ^b   Moore, Anne M F ^b  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DNA; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEINS; SILK;

BETA SHEET STRUCTURE; MATERIAL PROPERTIES;

MACROMOLECULES;

ALANINE; CARBON 13; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCINE; SILK FIBROIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SILK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRETCHING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLACK WIDOW SPIDER; DNA PRIMERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SILK;

ARANEAE; LATRODECTUS; LATRODECTUS HESPERUS; LATRODECTUS TREDECIMGUTTATUS;

EID: 2542623618     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm0342640     Document Type: Article

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