Recombinant Spider Silks—Biopolymers with Potential for Future Applications

Polymers

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 640-661

  Humenik, Martin ^a   Smith, Andrew M ^a   Scheibel, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biopolymer; Recombinant; Spider silk

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES;

BIOPOLYMER; FIBROUS MATERIAL; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; HIGH STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS; LOWER DENSITY; MAN MADE MATERIAL; PROPERTY; RECOMBINANT; SILK PROTEINS; SPIDER SILKS;

RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 80053583556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym3010640     Document Type: Review

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