Interplay of Different Major Ampullate Spidroins during Assembly and Implications for Fiber Mechanics

Application of the Spider Silk Standardization Initiative (S3I) methodology to the characterization of major ampullate gland silk fibers spun by spiders from Pantanos de Villa wetlands (Lima, Peru)

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Orb-weaving spider Araneus ventricosus genome elucidates the spidroin gene catalogue

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Spidroins and Silk Fibers of Aquatic Spiders

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Genomic perspectives of spider silk genes through target capture sequencing: Conservation of stabilization mechanisms and homology-based structural models of spidroin terminal regions

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Hierarchical spidroin micellar nanoparticles as the fundamental precursors of spider silks

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Acidic Residues Control the Dimerization of the N-terminal Domain of Black Widow Spiders’ Major Ampullate Spidroin 1

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Biomimetic Fibers Made of Recombinant Spidroins with the Same Toughness as Natural Spider Silk

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Analysis of a new type of major ampullate spider silk gene, MaSp1s

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Variation in Protein Intake Induces Variation in Spider Silk Expression

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Tunable Silk: Using Microfluidics to Fabricate Silk Fibers with Controllable Properties

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Decoding the secrets of spider silk

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Untangling spider silk evolution with spidroin terminal domains

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The role of salt and shear on the storage and assembly of spider silk proteins

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Self-assembly of spider silk proteins is controlled by a pH-sensitive relay

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

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Simple Model for the Mechanics of Spider Webs

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Spider Silk: From Soluble Protein to Extraordinary Fiber

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Converging concepts of protein folding in vitro and in vivo

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

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An Engineered Spider Silk Protein Forms Microspheres

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Identification and characterization of multipleSpidroin 1genes encoding major ampullate silk proteins inNephila clavipes

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Environmental conditions impinge on dragline silk protein composition

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Assembly mechanism of recombinant spider silk proteins

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A pause for thought along the co-translational folding pathway

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