Recent advances in production of recombinant spider silk proteins

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 957-964

  Chung, Hannah ^a   Kim, Tae Yong ^a   Lee, Sang Yup ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING METHODS; MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; RECOMBINANT SPIDER SILK PROTEINS; SPIDER SILK PROTEIN; SPIDER SILKS;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

PROTEIN ADF1; PROTEIN ADF2; PROTEIN ADF3; PROTEIN MASP1; PROTEIN MASP2; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT SPIDER SILK PROTEIN; SILK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMEDICINE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ENGINEERING; ELASTICITY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SPIDER; STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ARTHROPOD PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELASTICITY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SILK; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE;

EID: 84869845368     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2012.03.013     Document Type: Review

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