Recombinant Minimalist Spider Wrapping Silk Proteins Capable of Native-Like Fiber Formation

Current progress and limitations of spider silk for biomedical applications

(2011) Mona Widhe et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Nanoconfinement of Spider Silk Fibrils Begets Superior Strength, Extensibility, and Toughness

(2011) Tristan Giesa et al.   NANO LETTERS

Artificial Skin – Culturing of Different Skin Cell Lines for Generating an Artificial Skin Substitute on Cross-Weaved Spider Silk Fibres

(2011) Hanna Wendt et al.   PLoS One

Diversity of Molecular Transformations Involved in the Formation of Spider Silks

(2010) Thierry Lefèvre et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Characterization of recombinantly produced spider flagelliform silk domains

(2010) Markus Heim et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Molecular and Nanostructural Mechanisms of Deformation, Strength and Toughness of Spider Silk Fibrils

(2010) Andrea Nova et al.   NANO LETTERS

A conserved spider silk domain acts as a molecular switch that controls fibre assembly

(2010) Franz Hagn et al.   NATURE

Native-sized recombinant spider silk protein produced in metabolically engineered Escherichia coli results in a strong fiber

(2010) X.-X. Xia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Spider Silk: From Soluble Protein to Extraordinary Fiber

(2009) Markus Heim et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Conformation and Orientation of Proteins in Various Types of Silk Fibers Produced by Nephila clavipes Spiders

(2009) Marie-Eve Rousseau et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Self-Assembly of Genetically Engineered Spider Silk Block Copolymers

(2009) Olena S. Rabotyagova et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

A proposed model for dragline spider silk self-assembly: Insights from the effect of the repetitive domain size on fiber properties

(2009) Shmulik Ittah et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Animal silks: their structures, properties and artificial production

(2009) Chengjie Fu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Solution structure of eggcase silk protein and its implications for silk fiber formation

(2009) Z. Lin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Engineered disulfides improve mechanical properties of recombinant spider silk

(2009) S. Grip et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Structural Properties of Recombinant Nonrepetitive and Repetitive Parts of Major Ampullate Spidroin 1 fromEuprosthenops australis: Implications for Fiber Formation†

(2008) My Hedhammar et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Processing Conditions for the Formation of Spider Silk Microspheres

(2008) Andreas Lammel et al.   ChemSusChem

Assembly mechanism of recombinant spider silk proteins

(2008) S. Rammensee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA