Sequential origin in the high performance properties of orb spider dragline silk

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Blackledge, Todd A ^a   Pérez Rigueiro, José ^b,c   Plaza, Gustavo R ^b,c   Perea, Belén ^c   Navarro, Andrés ^c   Guinea, Gustavo V ^b,c   Elices, Manuel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MECHANICS; PHYLOGENY; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; PHYLOGENY; SILK; SPIDERS;

EID: 84868297060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00782     Document Type: Article

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