Supercontraction of dragline silk spun by lynx spiders (Oxyopidae)

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 555-557

  Perez Rigueiro J ^a   Plaza, G R ^a   Torres, F G ^b   Hijar, A ^b   Hayashi, C ^c   Perea, G B ^a   Elices, M ^a   Guinea, G V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Spider silk; Spidroin; Supercontraction

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGIOPE TRIFASCIATA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHESIS; NEPHILA INAURATA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYOPIDAE; PEUCETIA RUBROLINEATA; PROTEIN MOTIF; REDUCTION; SILK; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPIDER; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYPERCONTRACTION; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

ARANEAE; OXYOPIDAE;

EID: 77952541780     PISSN: 01418130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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