Differential polymerization of the two main protein components of dragline silk during fibre spinning

Liquid crystalline spinning of spider silk

Fritz Vollrath, David P. Knight · Nature · 2001 · 1.6K citations

Natural Sciences, Entomology, Materials Science +14

Structure of a protein superfiber: spider dragline silk.

Ming Xu, Randolph V. Lewis · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1990 · 674 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Biology +17

Hypotheses that correlate the sequence, structure, and mechanical properties of spider silk proteins

Cheryl Y. Hayashi, Nichola H. Shipley, Randolph V. Lewis · International Journal of Biological Macromolecules · 1999 · 599 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Biophysics +12

Isolation of a clone encoding a second dragline silk fibroin. Nephila clavipes dragline silk is a two-protein fiber.

Michael B. Hinman, Randolph V. Lewis · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1992 · 493 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +13

Silk Properties Determined by Gland-Specific Expression of a Spider Fibroin Gene Family

Paul A. Guerette, David G. Ginzinger, Bernhard H. F. Weber et al. · Science · 1996 · 411 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +15