Native-sized recombinant spider silk protein produced in metabolically engineered Escherichia coli results in a strong fiber

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 14059-14063

  Xia, Xiao Xia ^a   Qian, Zhi Gang ^a   Ki, Chang Seok ^b   Park, Young Hwan ^b   Kaplan, David L ^c   Lee, Sang Yup ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycyl tRNA; Metabolic engineering; Nephila clavipes; Silk fiber; Spinning

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT SILK PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; TRNA, GLYCINE; TRNA, GLYCINE-;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEPHILA CLAVIPES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SILK; SPIDER; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR CLONING;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL; SILK; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEPHILA CLAVIPES;

EID: 77956296603     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1003366107     Document Type: Article

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