… the wonders of spider silk and consider rationally what we have learned from studying the
different silks … In particular, we start from the position that research on spider silks has already …

… For example, the strength of spider dragline silk can be in the GPa range, around the same
value as … For example, in dragline silks, the tensile strength of the silk fiber is controlled by the …

… science and technology, most of which have been published in collaboration with The Textile
Institute, can be found towards the end of the … of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in …

… The most carefully characterized silks are the cocoon silk of … The effect of many impurities
on the color of silk, and the way … ecological studies become relevant to the materials sciences. …

… define the current state of the art surrounding the field of silk-… the motivation of the research
and the history of the material … The issue of motivation for studies in the field of silk research …

… silkworm silks, surpassing the properties of superior silks, such as … an overview of the different
approaches for artificial silk fiber … on the road towards replicating high performance silks. …

… ” the process of spider silk production by expressing in mammalian cells the dragline silk …
We produced soluble recombinant (rc)–dragline silk proteins with molecular masses of 60 …

… the following we will outline what this means for both the silk … thereby reduced to the standard
generalities of the science of … in the development of futuristic silk materials by using the …

… in the glistening morning dew on a spider web. This production of silk by glands located in
the abdomen is the … Spiders do not use silk just for a single event in their lifespan as do the …

… for the detailed … the process of silk assembly as well as the use of silks as biomaterials.
Conformational transitions using model silk peptides and genetically engineered variants of silk …