Secondary Structure Transition and Critical Stress for a Model of Spider Silk Assembly

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 427-436

  Giesa, Tristan ^a   Perry, Carole C ^b   Buehler, Markus J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; FIBERS; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SOLUTIONS; SPINNING (FIBERS);

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; AMINO ACID RESIDUES; ASSEMBLY MECHANISM; FIBER STRUCTURES; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PROBABILITY ANALYSIS; SECONDARY STRUCTURES;

SILK;

GLUTAMINE DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE DERIVATIVE; LEUCINE; PROTEIN; SILK; SILK PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PEPTIDE; POLYALANINE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULE; NEPHILA CLAVIPES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BOND; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; PROTEIN STABILITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPIDER;

AMINO ACIDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NATURAL FIBERS; SHEAR FLOW; SILK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILK; SPIDERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84957873461     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: 15264602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b01246     Document Type: Article

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