Harnessing the Self-Assembling Properties of Proteins in Spider Silk and Lung Surfactant

Amyloid Fibrils and Prefibrillar Aggregates: Molecular and Biological Properties

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 455-470

  Johansson, Jan ^a,b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Biofiber; Brichos domain; Lung surfactant; Self assembly; Spider silk protein (spidroin)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882181984     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527654185.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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