title: Cell culture's spider silk road.
abstract: A number of synthetic and natural materials have been tried in cell culture and tissue engineering applications in recent years. Now Jeffrey Perkel takes a look at one new culture component that might surprise you-spider silk.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perkel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D017344:Genes, Insect; D047011:Silk / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013112:Spiders / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D003470:Culture Media; D047011:Silk