Spider silk exhibits remarkable properties, especially its well-known tensile performances.
They rely on a complex nanostructured hierarchical organisation that studies progressively …

Spider silk has fascinated mankind for millennia, but it is only in recent decades that
scientific research has begun to unravel all its characteristics and applications. The …

This study investigated the effects of different cooking methods on non-volatile flavor (free
amino acids, 5′-nucleotides, and organic acids, etc.) of Coregonus peled meat. The volatile …

Darwin's bark spider (Caerostris darwini) produces giant orb webs from dragline silk that can
be twice as tough as other silks, making it the toughest biological material. This extreme …

The extraordinary mechanical properties of spider dragline silk are dependent on the highly
repetitive sequences of the component proteins, major ampullate spidroin 1 and 2 (MaSp2 …

The evolutionary diversification of orb-web weaving spiders is closely tied to the mechanical
performance of dragline silk. This proteinaceous fiber provides the primary structural …

Background The mechanism of silk fiber formation is of particular interest. Although in vitro
evidence has shown that metal ions affect conformational transitions of silks, the in vivo …

Spider major ampullate gland silks (MAS) vary greatly in material properties among species
but, this variation is shown here to be confined to evolutionary shifts along a single universal …

Ticks are obligate hematophagous arthropods and vectors of pathogens affecting human
and animal health worldwide. Cement is a complex protein polymerization substance …

The spider major ampullate (MA) silk exhibits high tensile strength and extensibility and is
typically a blend of MaSp1 and MaSp2 proteins with the latter comprising glycine–proline …