Evolution of supercontraction in spider silk: Structure-function relationship from tarantulas to orb-weavers

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 3505-3514

  Boutry, Cecilia ^a   Blackledge, Todd Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Biomechanics; Spider silk; Supercontraction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SILK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; PHYLOGENY; SILK; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARANEOMORPHAE; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 77957849660     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.046110     Document Type: Article

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