Elastic Spider Silk Proteins.
Abstract
Flagelliform silk proteins have been studied by cloning the cDNAs for the major protein in that silk as well as the gene. The protein consists of three sequence segments which compose a repeat These repeats appear numerous times in the protein The three segments are: 1) GPGGX; 2) GGX; and 3) a highly conserved non-silk-like "spacer" sequence. The gene is composed of the same repeats combined with a highly conserved intron. Two major publications have been published and four patents awarded during the tenure of this grant.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 25, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA358407
Entities
People
- Randolph V Lewis
Organizations
- University of Wyoming