Multiscale mechanisms of nutritionally induced property variation in spider silks

The Nephila clavipes genome highlights the diversity of spider silk genes and their complex expression

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Secondary Structure Transition and Critical Stress for a Model of Spider Silk Assembly

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Silkomics: Insight into the Silk Spinning Process of Spiders

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Mechanical Performance of Spider Silk Is Robust to Nutrient-Mediated Changes in Protein Composition

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Proteomic Evidence for Components of Spider Silk Synthesis from Black Widow Silk Glands and Fibers

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(2015) Anna Rising et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Persistence and variation in microstructural design during the evolution of spider silk

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Recombinant DNA production of spider silk proteins

(2015) Olena Tokareva et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Elucidating proline dynamics in spider dragline silk fibre using 2H–13C HETCOR MAS NMR

(2014) Xiangyan Shi et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Characterizing the Secondary Protein Structure of Black Widow Dragline Silk Using Solid-State NMR and X-ray Diffraction

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Uncovering Spider Silk Nanocrystalline Variations That Facilitate Wind-Induced Mechanical Property Changes

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Complex gene expression in the dragline silk producing glands of the Western black widow (Latrodectus hesperus)

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Wet webs work better: humidity, supercontraction and the performance of spider orb webs

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The science of silks

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Aromatic–Proline Interactions: Electronically Tunable CH/π Interactions

(2012) Neal J. Zondlo   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Recent advances in production of recombinant spider silk proteins

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Nonlinear material behaviour of spider silk yields robust webs

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Variation in Protein Intake Induces Variation in Spider Silk Expression

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Silk structure studied with nuclear magnetic resonance

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X-ray diffraction study of nanocrystalline and amorphous structure within major and minor ampullate dragline spider silks

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Inducing β-Sheets Formation in Synthetic Spider Silk Fibers by Aqueous Post-Spin Stretching

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Silk Fiber Mechanics from Multiscale Force Distribution Analysis

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Plasticity in Major Ampullate Silk Production in Relation to Spider Phylogeny and Ecology

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There are many more lessons still to be learned from spider silks

(2011) Fritz Vollrath et al.   Soft Matter

Structural Origin of the Strain-Hardening of Spider Silk

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Solid-State NMR Comparison of Various Spiders’ Dragline Silk Fiber

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Untangling spider silk evolution with spidroin terminal domains

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Prey type, vibrations and handling interactively influence spider silk expression

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

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Nanoconfinement controls stiffness, strength and mechanical toughness of β-sheet crystals in silk

(2010) Sinan Keten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Spider Silk: From Soluble Protein to Extraordinary Fiber

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The effects of wind on trap structural and material properties of a sit-and-wait predator

(2009) Chen-Pan Liao et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

A small/wide-angle X-ray scattering instrument for structural characterization of air–liquid interfaces, thin films and bulk specimens

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Simulation of Flow in the Silk Gland

(2008) David N. Breslauer et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Orientation of Lamellar Nanostructures in the Patterned Thin Films of a Diblock Copolymer

(2008) Sehee Kim et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Analyzing real-time PCR data by the comparative CT method

(2008) Thomas D Schmittgen et al.   Nature Protocols

Development of the corticosteroid stress axis and receptor expression in zebrafish

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Proline and Processing of Spider Silks

(2007) Yi Liu et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Strain Dependent Structural Changes of Spider Dragline Silk

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Multiple Recombining Loci Encode MaSp1, the Primary Constituent of Dragline Silk, in Widow Spiders (Latrodectus: Theridiidae)

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