Structure-function-property-design interplay in biopolymers: Spider silk

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1612-1626

  Tokareva, Olena ^a   Jacobsen, Matthew ^b   Buehler, Markus ^c   Wong, Joyce ^b   Kaplan, David L ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic engineering; Proteins; Secondary structure; Self assembly; Spider silk

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILK; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

ARTIFICIAL SPINNINGS; BIOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; FOCUS OF RESEARCHES; FUNCTION PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL; MOLECULAR COMPOSITIONS; PROPERTIES DESIGN; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SPIDER SILKS; STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS;

PROTEINS;

BIOMATERIAL; BIOPOLYMER; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; COPOLYMER; SILK; SILK FIBROIN;

ADSORPTION; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMINERALIZATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; FIBER; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; LATRODECTUS HESPERUS; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEPHILA CLAVIPES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPIDER; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

ARANEAE;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROTEINS; SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SELF-ASSEMBLY; SPIDER SILK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SILK; SPIDERS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84896393957     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.08.020     Document Type: Review

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