A model for the structure of the C-terminal domain of dragline spider silk and the role of its conserved cysteine

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2768-2773

  Ittah, Shmulik ^a   Michaeli, Amit ^b   Goldblum, Amiram ^b   Gat, Uri ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAGLINE SPIDER SILK; ORIENTED MICROFIBER FORMATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOMATERIALS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NATURAL FIBERS; PROTEINS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOUGHNESS;

SILK;

ARGININE; BIOMATERIAL; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; DRAGLINE SPIDER SILK PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; MONOMER; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION SYSTEM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBER; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SILK; SPIDER; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SILK; SPIDERS;

CYSTEINE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PROTEIN FIBERS; SILK; TOUGHNESS; WATER REPELLENCE;

ARANEAE;

EID: 34948902334     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm7004559     Document Type: Article

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