Spider Silk Proteins

Abstract

Spider silk proteins from major and minor ampullate silk have been sequenced via their cDNAs. One of the proteins from major ampullate silk has been expressed in bacteria to levels of 10-20 mg/mL. Studies using fiber X-ray diffraction and solid state NMR have been used to study the structure of the proteins in the fiber. Spider, Silk, Proteins, Expression, X-ray diffraction NMR.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 18, 1994
Accession Number
ADA281710

Entities

People

  • Randolph V Lewis

Organizations

  • University of Wyoming

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Amino Acids
  • Bacteria
  • Diameters
  • Diffraction
  • Fibers
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Molecular Biology
  • Molecular Weight
  • Natural Fibers
  • Physical Properties
  • Spiders
  • Test Methods
  • Two Dimensional
  • X Rays
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

Readers

  • Molecular Genetics
  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.