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Spider Silk Proteins – Mechanical Property and Gene Sequence

Year: 2005

Type: review

Abstract: Spiders spin up to seven different types of silk and each type possesses different mechanical properties. The reports on base sequences of spider silk protein genes have gained importance as the mechanical properties of silk fibers have been revealed. This review aims to link recent molecular data, often translated into amino acid sequences and predicted three dimensional structural motifs, to known mechanical properties.

Source: ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.273

Authors: Anna Rising, Helena Nimmervoll, Stefan Grip, Armando Fernandez-Arias, Erica Storckenfeldt, David P. Knight, Fritz Vollrath, Wilhelm Engström

Institutions: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, University of Oxford

Language: English

Topic: Silk-based biomaterials and applications

Subfield: Biomaterials

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2013924676

FWCI: 0.566

Cites: 56

Cited by: 173

Related to: 10