The development of a spider silk-manufacturing process is of great interest. However, there
are serious problems with natural manufacturing through spider farming, and standard …

Spider silks are desirable biomaterials characterized by high tensile strength, elasticity, and
biocompatibility. Spiders produce different types of silks for different uses, although dragline …

The baculovirus expression system is one of the most successful and widely used eukaryotic
protein expression methods. This short review will summarise the role of bacterial artificial …

Baculoviral expression systems, including those of Autographa californica multiple
nucleopolyhedrovirus Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV), are used for …

Composite materials have been used by humans for some millennia. Presently, the most
common polymer matrix composites, able to carry significant loads, use carbon, aramid …

Pinellia ternata agglutinin (PTA) is highly homologous to many other monocot mannose-
binding lectins which reportedly possess antitumor activities. Its production in silkworm cells …

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) plays a key role in neurotransmission, in which it maintains the
transmission of nerve impulses by catalyzing acetylcholine in the neuronal synapse …

In order to catch prey, many spiders possess different silk types to construct disparately
shaped webs, among which orb-webs are the best studied. In general, there are four …

Disclosed are transgenic silkworms engineered to posses and express a chimeric spider silk
protein gene, the chimeric spider silk protein gene encoding a chimeric spider silk protein …