Diversity of molecular transformations involved in the formation of spider silks

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 405, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 238-253

  Lefèvre, Thierry ^a   Boudreault, Simon ^b   Cloutier, Conrad ^b   Pézolet, Michel ^a  

^a Pavillon Alexandre Vachon   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Raman spectromicroscopy; secondary structure; sericigene glands; spider silk proteins; spinning dope

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SILK; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; NEPHILA CLAVIPES;

EID: 78650419146     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.10.052     Document Type: Article

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