Morphology and composition of the spider major ampullate gland and dragline silk

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2945-2952

  Andersson, Marlene ^a   Holm, Lena ^a   Ridderstraìšle, Yvonne ^a   Johansson, Jan ^a,b,c   Rising, Anna ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAGLINE SILK; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MAJOR AMPULLATE; MORPHOLOGY AND COMPOSITION; N-TERMINAL DOMAINS; PROTEIN SOLUTION; SKIN LAYER; SPIDER SILKS;

CELLS; GRANULATION; PROTEINS;

SILK;

SILK; FIBROIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM; MAJOR AMPULLATE GLAND; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPIDER; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RABBIT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELLS; GRANULATION; PROTEINS; SILK;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; FIBROINS; MALE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RABBITS; SPIDERS;

EID: 84881607396     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: 15264602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm400898t     Document Type: Article

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