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Spider Silk Proteins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Mike Hinman
Affiliation:
Molecular Biology Department, U. of Wyoming, Box 3944 Laramie, WY 82071-3944
Zhengyu dong
Affiliation:
Molecular Biology Department, U. of Wyoming, Box 3944 Laramie, WY 82071-3944
Ming Xu
Affiliation:
Molecular Biology Department, U. of Wyoming, Box 3944 Laramie, WY 82071-3944
Randolph V. Lewis
Affiliation:
Molecular Biology Department, U. of Wyoming, Box 3944 Laramie, WY 82071-3944
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Abstract

Dragline silk has been shown to consist of two proteins, Spidroins 1 and 2, which form this unique fiber. The cDNAs for these two proteins have been sequenced and a structure proposed which accounts for both the tensile strength and elasticity of dragline silk.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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