Toward spinning artificial spider silk

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 309-315

  Rising, Anna ^a   Johansson, Jan ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Department of Neurobiology Care Sciences and Society Center for Alzheimer Research Division of Neurogeriatrics ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; PROTON; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SILK; SPIDER SILK; SPIDROIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FIBROIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BETA SHEET; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ELECTROSPINNING; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; SPIDER; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; EXOCRINE GLAND; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS;

ARANEAE;

ANIMALS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FIBROINS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SILK; SPIDERS;

EID: 84928116144     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1789     Document Type: Review

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