title: Spider silk proteins--mechanical property and gene sequence.
abstract: Spiders spin up to seven different types of silk and each type possesses different mechanical properties. The reports on base sequences of spider silk protein genes have gained importance as the mechanical properties of silk fibers have been revealed. This review aims to link recent molecular data, often translated into amino acid sequences and predicted three dimensional structural motifs, to known mechanical properties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences BioMedical Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rising
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nimmervoll
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grip
authors.forename: Armando
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Arias
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Storckenfeldt
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: Fritz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vollrath
authors.forename: Wilhelm
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Engström
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005088:Exocrine Glands / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005796:Genes / Q000235:genetics*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D047011:Silk / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D013112:Spiders / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D047011:Silk