Fibrous Proteins from Recombinant Microorganisms
Part 8. Polyamides and Complex Proteinaceous Materials
Stephen R. Fahnestock,
Stephen R. Fahnestock
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E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, DE, USA, 19880-0328
Search for more papers by this authorStephen R. Fahnestock,
Stephen R. Fahnestock
- [email protected]
- +1-302-695-1682 | Fax: +1-302-695-1829
E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, DE, USA, 19880-0328
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 15 January 2005
Abstract
- Introduction
- Sequence-Defined Polymers
- Microbial Production
- Historical Outline
- Expression of Natural Silk Genes in Microbes
- Design of Synthetic Genes
- Silk-Like Proteins
- Summary of Strategy
- Commercial Applications
- Spider Silk Analog Proteins
- Major Dragline Protein Gene Construction
- Gene Expression in E. coli
- Second Dragline Protein
- Stability of Synthetic Genes in E. coli
- Truncated Protein Synthesis
- Dragline Silk Protein in Yeast
- Protein Secretion
- Properties of DP-1B and DP-2A Proteins
- Solution Properties
- Fiber Formation
- Other Spider Silk Analogs
- Single-Molecule Structural Studies
- Silk Protein Engineered for Processing Efficiency
- Flagelliform Silk Analog Protein
- Other Designed Protein Polymers
- A Designed Self-Assembling Fibrillar Protein
- Elastin-Like Proteins
- Collagen Analogs
- Cost of Production
- Patents
- Future Prospects
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