The role of salt and shear on the storage and assembly of spider silk proteins

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 413-419

  Eisoldt, Lukas ^a   Hardy, John G ^a   Heim, Markus ^a   Scheibel, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Protein assembly; Salt; Shear; Spider silk

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPIDER SILK PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; ION EXCHANGE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHEAR STRESS; SILK; SPIDER; STORAGE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SALTS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILK; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SPIDERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

ARANEAE;

EID: 77951974343     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.12.027     Document Type: Article

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