Spider silk: Understanding the structure-function relationship of a natural fiber

Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science

Volumn 103, Issue , 2011, Pages 131-185

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biopolymer; Orb web; Recombinant silk; Repetitive domains; Spider silk; Spidroin

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054709451     PISSN: 18771173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-415906-8.00007-8     Document Type: Chapter

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