The molecular mechanism of spider-Silk formation

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 5410-5412

  Silvers, Robert ^a   Buhr, Florian ^a   Schwalbe, Harald ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiber proteins; Nmr spectroscopy; Protein structures spider silk; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ARANEUS DIADEMATUS; FIBER FORMATION; FIBER MORPHOLOGY; FIBER PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; N-TERMINALS; NMR SPECTROSCOPY; PH CHANGE; PROTEIN STRUCTURES; SPIDER SILK PROTEIN; SPIDER SILKS; TEMPLATING EFFECTS; X-RAY STRUCTURE;

FIBERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PH EFFECTS; SILK; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAYS;

PROTEINS;

FIBROIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SPIDER; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FIBROINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPIDERS;

ARACHNIDS; FIBERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH; PROTEINS; SHEAR STRESS; SILK; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAYS;

EID: 77955025365     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201003033     Document Type: Article

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