Controlling the Molecular Structure and Physical Properties of Artificial Honeybee Silk by Heating or by Immersion in Solvents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Huson, Mickey G ^a   Church, Jeffrey S ^a   Poole, Jacinta M ^a   Weisman, Sarah ^a   Sriskantha, Alagacone ^a   Warden, Andrew C ^a   Campbell, Peter M ^a   Ramshaw, John A M ^a   Sutherland, Tara D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LYSINE; LYSINOALANINE; METHANOL; SERINE; SILK; SOLVENT; THREONINE;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; FREEZE DRYING; HEATING; HONEYBEE; IMMERSION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIOMECHANICS; HOT TEMPERATURE; IMMERSION; INSECT PROTEINS; METHANOL; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; PROTEIN STABILITY; SILK; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 84871356128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052308     Document Type: Article

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