High-toughness Spider Silk Fibers Spun from Soluble Recombinant Silk Produced in Mammalian Cells
Part 8. Polyamides and Complex Proteinaceous Materials
Dr. Costas N. Karatzas,
Nathalie Chretien,
François Duguay,
Annie Bellemare,
Dr. Jiang Feng Zhou,
Dr. Andrew Rodenhiser,
Dr. Shafiul A. Islam,
Carl Turcotte,
Dr. Yue Huang,
Dr. Anthoula Lazaris,
Dr. Costas N. Karatzas
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Nathalie Chretien,
François Duguay,
Annie Bellemare,
Dr. Jiang Feng Zhou,
Dr. Andrew Rodenhiser,
Dr. Shafiul A. Islam,
Carl Turcotte,
Dr. Yue Huang,
Dr. Anthoula Lazaris,
Dr. Costas N. Karatzas
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Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 15 January 2005
Abstract
- Introduction
- Historical Outline
- Production of rc-Spider Silk Proteins
- Over-expression of Soluble rc-Spider silk Proteins in Mammalian Cells
- Secretion of rc-Dragline Spider Silk proteins
- Large-scale Production of rc-Spider Silk Proteins
- Purification and Characterization of rc-Spider Silk Proteins
- Production of rc-Spider Silk Proteins in the Milk of Transgenic Animals
- Generation of Transgenic Mice for the Spider Dragline Silk Genes
- Mammary Gland Production of Spider Dragline Silk Proteins
- Recombinant Spider Silk-based Fiber Spinning
- Spin Dope Preparation, Fiber Spinning and Characterization
- Fiber Post-Spinning Treatment
- Perspective on the Formation of Silk Fibers and the Spinning Process
- Applications of rc-Spider Silk Fibers, and Prospects
- Patents
- Chronological Summary of Patents
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
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