Artificial spider silk is an attractive material for many technical applications since it is a
biobased fiber that can be produced under ambient conditions but still outcompetes …

The phase separation of biomolecules has become the focus of intense research in the past
decade, with a growing body of research implicating this phenomenon in essentially all …

Spider silks are among the toughest known materials and thus provide models for
renewable, biodegradable, and sustainable biopolymers. However, the entirety of their …

Spider silk fiber rapidly assembles from spidroin protein in soluble state via an incompletely
understood mechanism. Here, we present an integrated model for silk formation that …

Nanofibrils play a pivotal role in spider silk and are responsible for many of the impressive
properties of this unique natural material. However, little is known about the internal …

Sericins are glue proteins on the surface of silk fibers. Four sericins have been characterized
in silkworm, namely sericin1 (Ser1), sericin2 (Ser2), sericin3 (Ser3), and sericin4 (Ser4). In …

Structural proteins, including silk fibroins, play an important role in shaping the skeletons
and structures of cells, tissues, and organisms. The amino acid sequences of structural …

Silkworm silk protein fibroin and spider silk spidroin are known biocompatible and natural
biodegradable polymers in biomedical applications. The presence of β-sheets in silk fibroin …

The tiny spider makes dragline silk fibers with unbeatable toughness, all under the most
innocuous conditions. Scientists have persistently tried to emulate its natural silk spinning …

Members of the family Araneidae are common orb-weaving spiders, and they produce
several types of silks throughout their behaviors and lives, from reproduction to foraging …