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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: A conserved spider silk domain acts as a molecular switch that controls fibre assembly, Nature, May 2010, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1038/nature08936.
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