Biotechnology of Silk /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Asakura, Tetsuo. (Editor), Miller, Thomas. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Biologically-Inspired Systems, 5
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Wild silk production to support farmers excluded from protected areas of Madagascar
  • 2. Evolutionary divergence of Lepidopteran and trichopteran fibroins
  • 3. The Structure, Silk I and Lamella of (Ala-Gly)15 as the model of Bombyx mori silk fibroin studied with solid state NMR
  • 4. Silk fibroin biomaterials for vascular regeneration
  • 5. Evolution and application of coiled coil silks from insects. - 6. Characterization of underwater silk proteins from caddisfly larva, Steophysche marmorata
  • 7. Atomic force microscopy and spectroscopy of silk from spider draglines,  capture-web spirals, and silkworms
  • 8. Modular spider silk fibers: Defining new modules and optimizing fiber properties
  • 9. How to pass the gap - Functional morphology and biomechanics of spider bridging threads
  • 10. The power of recombinant spider silk proteins
  • 11. Prey capture adhesives produced by orb-weaving spiders
  • 12. Silk and web synergy: The merging of material and structural performance.