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This article describes the role of a specific domain of a natural spider silk protein on the spiders ability to store the protein at high concentration without aggregation inside the spider, and then to act as a switch to enable silk fiber production upon demand.

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This article describes the role of a specific domain of a natural spider silk protein on the spiders ability to store the protein at high concentration without aggregation inside the spider, and then to act as a switch to enable silk fiber production upon demand.

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This article describes the role of a specific domain of a natural spider silk protein on the spiders ability to store the protein at high concentration without aggregation inside the spider, and then to act as a switch to enable silk fiber production upon demand.

Dr John George Hardy
Lancaster University

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This page is a summary of: The role of salt and shear on the storage and assembly of spider silk proteins, Journal of Structural Biology, May 2010, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.12.027.
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