Channel: 🕷🧵 Insect fibres

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Protein fibres spun by insects.

2023 Articles

618 articles

Biosynthesis, Assembly, and Biomedical Applications of High-Performance Engineered Proteins

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Transgenic modifications of silkworms as a means to obtain therapeutic biomolecules and protein fibers with exceptional properties

  • Pornanong Aramwit, Qiuran Jiang, Supritha Muppuri, Narendra Reddy
  • Biotechnol Bioeng, 10.1002/bit.28455
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Synthetic biology-guided design and biosynthesis of protein polymers for delivery

  • Kai-Kai Tian, Zhi-Gang Qian, Xiao-Xia Xia, …, Kai-Kai Tian, Zhi-Gang Qian, Xiao-Xia Xia
  • Adv Drug Deliv Rev, 10.1016/j.addr.2023.114728
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Factors Influencing Properties of Spider Silk Coatings and Their Interactions within a Biological Environment

  • Vanessa T Trossmann, Sarah Lentz, Thomas Scheibel, …, Vanessa T Trossmann, Sarah Lentz, Thomas Scheibel
  • None, 10.3390/jfb14080434
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Microbial Synthesis of High-Molecular-Weight, Highly Repetitive Protein Polymers

  • Juya Jeon, Shri Venkatesh Subramani, Kok Zhi Lee, …, Kok Zhi Lee, Bojing Jiang, Fuzhong Zhang
  • Int J Mol Sci, 10.3390/ijms24076416
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Biomolecular Click Reactions Using a Minimal pH-Activated Catcher/Tag Pair for Producing Native-Sized Spider-Silk Proteins

  • Ruxia Fan, Johanna Hakanpää, Karoliina Elfving, …, Helena Taberman, Markus B Linder, A Sesilja Aranko
  • Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 10.1002/anie.202216371
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Drosophila melanogaster resilin improves the mechanical properties of transgenic silk

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Secretion-Catalyzed Assembly of Protein Biomaterials on a Bacterial Membrane Surface

  • Qi Xie, Sea On Lee, Nitya Vissamsetti, …, Sikao Guo, Margaret E Johnson, Stephen D Fried
  • Angew Chem Int Ed Engl, 10.1002/anie.202305178
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Biocompatible Optical Fibers Made of Regenerated Cellulose and Recombinant Cellulose-Binding Spider Silk

  • Martin Reimer, Kai Mayer, Daniel Van Opdenbosch, …, Daniel Van Opdenbosch, Thomas Scheibel, Cordt Zollfrank
  • None, 10.3390/biomimetics8010037
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Towards engineering and production of artificial spider silk using tools of synthetic biology

  • Hashwardhan Poddar, Rainer Breitling, Eriko Takano, Hashwardhan Poddar, Rainer Breitling, Eriko Takano
  • None, 10.1049/enb.2019.0017
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2022 Articles

76 articles

Recombinant protein-based injectable materials for biomedical applications

  • Cristobal Garcia Garcia, Sai S Patkar, Bin Wang, …, Bin Wang, Ramadan Abouomar, Kristi L Kiick
  • Adv Drug Deliv Rev, 10.1016/j.addr.2022.114673
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Massive production of fibroin nano-fibrous biomaterial by turbulent co-flow

  • Alfonso M Gañán-Calvo, Sergio Blanco-Trejo, Miguel Ruiz-López, …, Gustavo V Guinea, Luis B Modesto-López, José Pérez-Rigueiro
  • Sci Rep, 10.1038/s41598-022-26137-7
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Horseradish Peroxidase Catalyzed Silk-Prefoldin Composite Hydrogel Networks

  • Jugal Kishore Sahoo, Dawei Xu, Thomas Falcucci, …, Onur Hasturk, Douglas S Clark, David L Kaplan
  • ACS Appl Bio Mater, 10.1021/acsabm.2c00836
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Engineered Spider Silk Proteins for Biomimetic Spinning of Fibers with Toughness Equal to Dragline Silks

  • Tina Arndt, Gabriele Greco, Benjamin Schmuck, …, Andreas Barth, Jan Johansson, Anna Rising
  • Adv Mater, 10.1002/adfm.202200986
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Biological Materials Processing: Time-Tested Tricks for Sustainable Fiber Fabrication

  • Anna Rising, Matthew J Harrington, Anna Rising, …, Matthew J Harrington, Anna Rising, Matthew J Harrington
  • Chem Rev, 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00465
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Protein-engineered biomaterials for cartilage therapeutics and repair

  • Nada A Haq-Siddiqi, Dustin Britton, Jin Kim Montclare, …, Nada A Haq-Siddiqi, Dustin Britton, Jin Kim Montclare
  • Adv Drug Deliv Rev, 10.1016/j.addr.2022.114647
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Recombinant Spider Silk Fiber with High Dimensional Stability in Water and Its NMR Characterization

  • Tetsuo Asakura, Hironori Matsuda, Akira Naito, …, Hideyasu Okamura, Yu Suzuki, Yunosuke Abe
  • Molecules, 10.3390/molecules27238479
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Design of Recombinant Spider Silk Proteins for Cell Type Specific Binding

  • Vanessa Tanja Trossmann, Thomas Scheibel, Vanessa Tanja Trossmann, …, Thomas Scheibel, Vanessa Tanja Trossmann, Thomas Scheibel
  • Adv Healthc Mater, 10.1002/adhm.202202660
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Micro and nano-scale compartments guide the structural transition of silk protein monomers into silk fibers

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A novel method for silkworm cocoons self-degumming and its effect on silk fibers

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