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Spider Silk for Tissue Engineering Applications.
Salehi S, Koeck K, Scheibel T. Salehi S, et al. Molecules. 2020 Feb 8;25(3):737. doi: 10.3390/molecules25030737. Molecules. 2020. PMID: 32046280 Free PMC article. Review.
Nowadays, since natural production using spiders is limited due to problems with farming spiders, recombinant production of spider silk proteins seems to be the best way to produce material in sufficient quantities. ...Here, we highlight the research o …
Nowadays, since natural production using spiders is limited due to problems with farming spiders, recombinant production of …
Complexity of Spider Dragline Silk.
Malay AD, Craig HC, Chen J, Oktaviani NA, Numata K. Malay AD, et al. Biomacromolecules. 2022 May 9;23(5):1827-1840. doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.1c01682. Epub 2022 Apr 4. Biomacromolecules. 2022. PMID: 35378031 Free PMC article. Review.
The tiny spider makes dragline silk fibers with unbeatable toughness, all under the most innocuous conditions. ...We subsequently consider insights into the spidroin domain functions, structures, and overall mechanisms for the rapid transition from disordered solubl …
The tiny spider makes dragline silk fibers with unbeatable toughness, all under the most innocuous conditions. ...We subsequen …
Spider's Silk as a Potential Source of Antibiotics: An Integrative Review.
Schwenck LDC, Abreu PA, Nunes-da-Fonseca R. Schwenck LDC, et al. Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins. 2024 Oct;16(5):1608-1622. doi: 10.1007/s12602-024-10241-3. Epub 2024 Mar 9. Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins. 2024. PMID: 38460106 Review.
Spiders produce webs, which are still a largely unexplored source of antibacterial compounds, although the reports of its application in the medical field. ...Spider webs can be a valuable source of antibiotics; however, more studies are needed to confirm the real a …
Spiders produce webs, which are still a largely unexplored source of antibacterial compounds, although the reports of its application …
Nanostructured, Self-Assembled Spider Silk Materials for Biomedical Applications.
Humenik M, Pawar K, Scheibel T. Humenik M, et al. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2019;1174:187-221. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-9791-2_6. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2019. PMID: 31713200 Review.
The extraordinary mechanical properties of spider silk fibers result from the interplay of composition, structure and self-assembly of spider silk proteins (spidroins). ...Various processing conditions allowed to explore non-natural morphologies includ …
The extraordinary mechanical properties of spider silk fibers result from the interplay of composition, structure and self-ass …
Influence of Spider Silk Protein Structure on Mechanical and Biological Properties for Energetic Material Detection.
Peng X, Liu Z, Gao J, Zhang Y, Wang H, Li C, Lv X, Gao Y, Deng H, Zhao B, Gao T, Li H. Peng X, et al. Molecules. 2024 Feb 27;29(5):1025. doi: 10.3390/molecules29051025. Molecules. 2024. PMID: 38474537 Free PMC article. Review.
Spider silk protein, renowned for its excellent mechanical properties, biodegradability, chemical stability, and low immune and inflammatory response activation, consists of a core domain with a repeat sequence and non-repeating sequences at the N-terminal and C-ter …
Spider silk protein, renowned for its excellent mechanical properties, biodegradability, chemical stability, and low immune an …
Toward spinning artificial spider silk.
Rising A, Johansson J. Rising A, et al. Nat Chem Biol. 2015 May;11(5):309-15. doi: 10.1038/nchembio.1789. Epub 2015 Apr 17. Nat Chem Biol. 2015. PMID: 25885958 Review.
Spider silk is strong and extensible but still biodegradable and well tolerated when implanted, making it the ultimate biomaterial. Shortcomings that arise in replicating spider silk are due to the use of recombinant spider silk proteins …
Spider silk is strong and extensible but still biodegradable and well tolerated when implanted, making it the ultimate biomate …
Bacteria inhabiting spider webs enhance host silk extensibility.
Tsiareshyna M, Wang TH, Lin YS, Piorkowski D, Huang SY, Huang YL, Chao WT, Chang YJ, Liao CP, Wang PH, Tso IM. Tsiareshyna M, et al. Sci Rep. 2024 May 14;14(1):11011. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-61723-x. Sci Rep. 2024. PMID: 38744937 Free PMC article.
Spider silk is a promising material with great potential in biomedical applications due to its incredible mechanical properties and resistance to degradation of commercially available bacterial strains. However, little is known about the bacterial communities that m …
Spider silk is a promising material with great potential in biomedical applications due to its incredible mechanical propertie …
Spider silk tensile performance does not correlate with web use.
Wolff JO. Wolff JO. Evolution. 2024 Dec 2;78(12):2032-2038. doi: 10.1093/evolut/qpae135. Evolution. 2024. PMID: 39276078
Spider silk is amongst the toughest materials produced by living systems, but its tensile performance varies considerably between species. ...Furthermore, in contrast to previous ideas, silk tensile performance did not differ between ecological guilds. These …
Spider silk is amongst the toughest materials produced by living systems, but its tensile performance varies considerably betw …
Spider silk: from soluble protein to extraordinary fiber.
Heim M, Keerl D, Scheibel T. Heim M, et al. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2009;48(20):3584-96. doi: 10.1002/anie.200803341. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2009. PMID: 19212993 Review.
In nature, the formation of a solid fiber from soluble spider silk proteins is the result of complex biochemical and physical processes that take place within specialized spinning organs. Herein, we present natural and artificial silk production processes, fr …
In nature, the formation of a solid fiber from soluble spider silk proteins is the result of complex biochemical and physical …
Biology of spider silk.
Vollrath F. Vollrath F. Int J Biol Macromol. 1999 Mar-Apr;24(2-3):81-8. doi: 10.1016/s0141-8130(98)00076-2. Int J Biol Macromol. 1999. PMID: 10342751 Review.
Studies are beginning to show that spider silk can be highly variable in chemical composition and mechanical properties. Clearly, both external and internal conditions affect silk production and thus the mechanical properties of the finished thread. ...Moreov …
Studies are beginning to show that spider silk can be highly variable in chemical composition and mechanical properties. Clear …
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