Rising, Anna
- Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2005Peer reviewedOpen access
Spider silk proteins - Mechanical property and gene sequence
Rising A, Nimmervoll H, Grip S, Fernandez-Arias A, Storckenfeldt E, Knight DP, Vollrath F, Engstrom W
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
Keywords
spider silk; MaSp1; MaSp2; structure; function
Published in
Zoological Science
2005, Volume: 22, number: 3, pages: 273-281
Publisher: ZOOLOGICAL SOC JAPAN
Grip, Stefan
- Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Engström, Wilhelm
- Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
SLU Authors
Publication identifier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.22.273
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/7583