Spider Silk:  Ancient Ideas for New Biomaterials

Only in the past few years has an understanding emerged of the mechanical properties of spider silk, by investigation of the proteins that comprise the silks and their sequences. This review presents this information, puts it into the context of silk fibers, and makes recommendations for further stu...

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Published inChemical reviews Vol. 106; no. 9; pp. 3762 - 3774
Main Author Lewis, Randolph V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Chemical Society 01.09.2006
Subjects
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Biochemistry
Biocompatible Materials - chemistry
Computer Simulation
Insect Proteins - chemistry
Insect Proteins - ultrastructure
Materials science
Materials Testing
Molecular Sequence Data
Proteins
Silk
Silk - chemistry
Silk - ultrastructure
Spiders
Spiders - chemistry
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Summary:Only in the past few years has an understanding emerged of the mechanical properties of spider silk, by investigation of the proteins that comprise the silks and their sequences. This review presents this information, puts it into the context of silk fibers, and makes recommendations for further study.
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ISSN:0009-2665
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DOI:10.1021/cr010194g