A comprehensive review of recent advances in silk sericin: Extraction approaches, structure, biochemical characterization, and biomedical applications

M Saad, LM El-Samad, RA Gomaa… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Silks are natural polymers that have been widely used for centuries. Silk consists of a
filament core protein, termed fibroin, and a glue-like coating substance formed of sericin …

Silk biomaterials for vascular tissue engineering applications

P Gupta, BB Mandal - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Vascular tissue engineering is a rapidly growing field of regenerative medicine, which
strives to find innovative solutions for vascular reconstruction. Considering the limited …

Genome sequence and silkomics of the spindle ermine moth, Yponomeuta cagnagella, representing the early diverging lineage of the ditrysian Lepidoptera

A Volenikova, P Nguyen, P Davey, H Sehadova… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Many lepidopteran species produce silk, cocoons, feeding tubes, or nests for protection from
predators and parasites for caterpillars and pupae. Yet, the number of lepidopteran species …

The silk of gorse spider mite Tetranychus lintearius represents a novel natural source of nanoparticles and biomaterials

AA Lozano-Pérez, A Pagán, V Zhurov, SD Hudson… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Spider mites constitute an assemblage of well-known pests in agriculture, but are less
known for their ability to spin silk of nanoscale diameters and high Young's moduli. Here, we …

Expression and purification of adhesive recombinant proteins, sericin 2 and salivary gland secretion 3

TT Vu - 2020 - dspace.jcu.cz
Recombinant proteins derived from Bombyx mori Ser-2 gene and Drosophila melanogaster
Sgs3 gene were expressed in bacterial expression systems, purified and partially …