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The elaborate structure of spider silk: structure and function of a natural high performance fiber.
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107 citing papers in PubMed, 372 citations in OpenAlex.
- Coacervates as bio-inspired intermediates for materials processing.Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) · 2026Review
- The stage-wise macromolecular assembly and structure evolution of silk along the silk gland.Nature communications · 2026Article
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- Wrinkling-Based Patterning and Recombinant Spider Silk-Based Coating Technologies - Toward Novel Applications.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026Review
- Spider webs as reservoirs of culturable fungal diversity: evidence from orb-weavingBiodiversity data journal · 2026Article
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- Biomimetic HA-Reinforced PCL/PLA Fibrous Structures via Solution Blow Spinning: Cocoon-Inspired Design for Bone Regeneration.ACS omega · 2025Article
- Fluorescent Spider Silk: A Natural Phenomenon with Potential Applications.Journal of fluorescence · 2025Article
- Sequence-encoded tubular architectures in disordered spider silk proteins revealed by multiscale simulations and NMR.PNAS nexus · 2025Article
- An analysis of silk density in spider webs.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
- Crosslinking, salt-induced aging, and secondary structure formation in Peptide-containing coacervates inspired by spider silk.Communications chemistry · 2025Article
- Junctional microstructure of the non-sticky spiral scaffold in the golden orb web spider, Trichonephila clavata.Applied microscopy · 2025Article
- A Bio-Inspired Perspective on Materials Sustainability.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025Article
- Biomechanical and Compositional Changes in the Murine Uterus with Age.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2025Article
- The apple of discord: can spider cocoons be equipped with antimicrobial factors?-a systematic review.Frontiers in zoology · 2025Review
- Residue-Specific Incorporation of Noncanonical Amino Acids in Auxotrophic Hosts:Chemical reviews · 2025Review
- Recombinant production of spider silk protein in Physcomitrella photobioreactors.Plant cell reports · 2025Article
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- Organ-resolved lipid mapping inFrontiers in chemistry · 2025Article
- High-yield spidroin mimics for bioinspired fibers via computational design.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
47 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Biomaterials, having evolved over millions of years, often exceed man-made materials in their properties. Spider silk is one outstanding fibrous biomaterial which consists almost entirely of large proteins. Silk fibers have tensile strengths comparable to steel and some silks are nearly as elastic as rubber on a weight to weight basis. In combining these two properties, silks reveal a toughness that is two to three times that of synthetic fibers like Nylon or Kevlar. Spider silk is also antimicrobial, hypoallergenic and completely biodegradable. This article focuses on the structure-function relationship of the characterized highly repetitive spider silk spidroins and their conformational conversion from solution into fibers. Such knowedge is of crucial importance to understanding the intrinsic properties of spider silk and to get insight into the sophisticated assembly processes of silk proteins. This review further outlines recent progress in recombinant production of spider silk proteins and their assembly into distinct polymer materials as a basis for novel products.
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