1000 spider silkomes: Linking sequences to silk physical properties
Spider silks are among the toughest known materials and thus provide models for
renewable, biodegradable, and sustainable biopolymers. However, the entirety of their …
renewable, biodegradable, and sustainable biopolymers. However, the entirety of their …
Systematics, phylogeny, and evolution of orb-weaving spiders
G Hormiga, CE Griswold - Annual Review of Entomology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
The orb-weaving spiders (Orbiculariae) comprise more than 25% of the approximately
44,000 known living spider species and produce a remarkable variety of webs. The wheel …
44,000 known living spider species and produce a remarkable variety of webs. The wheel …
The form and function of spider orb webs: evolution from silk to ecosystems
Spiders are the preeminent silk craftsmen among arthropods and are best known for
producing aerial orb webs that snare flying insects. Orb web spiders are ubiquitous …
producing aerial orb webs that snare flying insects. Orb web spiders are ubiquitous …
Hybrid spider silk with inorganic nanomaterials
AP Kiseleva, GO Kiselev, VO Nikolaeva… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
High-performance functional biomaterials are becoming increasingly requested. Numerous
natural and artificial polymers have already demonstrated their ability to serve as a basis for …
natural and artificial polymers have already demonstrated their ability to serve as a basis for …
Sequential origin in the high performance properties of orb spider dragline silk
Major ampullate (MA) dragline silk supports spider orb webs, combining strength and
extensibility in the toughest biomaterial. MA silk evolved~ 376 MYA and identifying how …
extensibility in the toughest biomaterial. MA silk evolved~ 376 MYA and identifying how …
Lampshade web spider Ectatosticta davidi chromosome-level genome assembly provides evidence for its phylogenetic position
Z Fan, LY Wang, L Xiao, B Tan, B Luo, TY Ren… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
The spider of Ectatosticta davidi, belonging to the lamp-shade web spider family,
Hypochilidae, which is closely related to Hypochilidae and Filistatidae and recovered as …
Hypochilidae, which is closely related to Hypochilidae and Filistatidae and recovered as …
Early events in the evolution of spider silk genes
J Starrett, JE Garb, A Kuelbs, UO Azubuike… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Silk spinning is essential to spider ecology and has had a key role in the expansive
diversification of spiders. Silk is composed primarily of proteins called spidroins, which are …
diversification of spiders. Silk is composed primarily of proteins called spidroins, which are …
Expression of spidroin proteins in the silk glands of golden orb‐weaver spiders
I Jorge, V Ruiz, J Lavado‐García… - … Zoology Part B …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The expression of spidroins in the major ampullate, minor ampullate, flagelliform, and
tubuliform silk glands of Trichonephila clavipes spiders was analyzed using proteomics …
tubuliform silk glands of Trichonephila clavipes spiders was analyzed using proteomics …
Spinning gland transcriptomics from two main clades of spiders (order: Araneae)-insights on their molecular, anatomical and behavioral evolution
Characterized by distinctive evolutionary adaptations, spiders provide a comprehensive
system for evolutionary and developmental studies of anatomical organs, including silk and …
system for evolutionary and developmental studies of anatomical organs, including silk and …
[PDF][PDF] Protein families, natural history and biotechnological aspects of spider silk.
Spiders are exceptionally diverse and abundant organisms in terrestrial ecosystems and
their evolutionary success is certainly related to their capacity to produce different types of …
their evolutionary success is certainly related to their capacity to produce different types of …