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 …

Spider silks are an intriguing family of fibrous proteins due to their highly repetitive primary
sequence, their solution properties and their assembly and processing into fibers with …

Spider silk is of great interest because of its extraordinary physical properties, such as
strength and toughness. Here we discuss how these physical properties relate to the way in …

Several types of silks and silk protein coding genes have been characterized from orb-web
weaving spiders. When the protein sequences of major ampullate, minor ampullate, and …

Orb-web weaving spiders rely on their aerial nets to entrap flying prey. A key mechanical
feature of orb-web design is the high elasticity of the capture spiral. We report the cloning of …

Spiders spin high-performance silks through the expression and assembly of tissue-
restricted fibroin proteins. Spider silks are composite protein biopolymers that have complex …

Spiders produce a variety of silks, and the cloning of genes for silk fibroins reveals a clear
link between protein sequence and structure–property relationships. The fibroins produced …

Spiders spin multiple types of silks that are renowned for their superb mechanical properties.
Flagelliform silk, used in the capture spiral of an orb‐web, is one of the few silks …

Spider flagelliform silk is one of the most elastic natural materials known. Extensive
sequencing of spider silk genes has shown that the exons and introns of the flagelliform …

Silks are protein fibers with remarkable mechanical properties. The discovery of the
structural features that govern these properties is a challenge for biochemistry and structural …