Influence of repeat numbers on self-assembly rates of repetitive recombinant spider silk proteins

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 431-437

  Humenik, Martin ^a   Magdeburg, Michael ^a   Scheibel, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross fibril; Kinetics; Polyalanine; Self assembly; Spider silk; Structure

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT SPIDER SILK PROTEIN EADF4(C16); RECOMBINANT SPIDER SILK PROTEIN EADF4(C8); RECOMBINANT SPIDER SILK PROTEIN VARIANT EADF4(CN); SINAPIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PEPTIDE; POLYALANINE; SILK;

ARANEUS DIADEMATUS; ARTICLE; FIBER; GROWTH RATE; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPIDER; TURBIDITY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ARANEAE; ARANEUS DIADEMATUS;

KINETICS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SILK; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84901588710     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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