Silk - Ultrastructure
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Comparison of embiopteran silks reveals tensile and structural similarities across Taxa.

8 Aug 2009 Embioptera is a little studied order of widely distributed, but rarely seen, insects. Members of this group, also called embiids or webspinners, all heavily rely on silken tunnels in which they live and reproduce. However, embiids vary in their ... Read more...

Greatly increased toughness of infiltrated spider silk.

22 Apr 2009 In nature, tiny amounts of inorganic impurities, such as metals, are incorporated in the protein structures of some biomaterials and lead to unusual mechanical properties of those materials. A desire to produce these biomimicking new materials has ... Read more...

Segmented nanofibrils of spiral silk in Uloborus walckenaerius spider.

14 Apr 2009 The structure of the adhesive silk of the Uloborus walckenaerius spider has remained unsolved due to its unremarkable material properties. In this work, we investigate the microstructure of Uloborus spider cribellar silk using probe microscopy ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Silk - Ultrastructure'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Comparison of embiopteran silks reveals tensile and structural similarities across Taxa. 8 Aug 2009
• Greatly increased toughness of infiltrated spider silk. 22 Apr 2009
• Segmented nanofibrils of spiral silk in Uloborus walckenaerius spider. 14 Apr 2009
• Optimization strategies for electrospun silk fibroin tissue engineering scaffolds. 21 Feb 2009
• Plasma-treated silk fibroin nanofibers for skin regeneration. 23 Dec 2008
• Supramolecular organization of regenerated silkworm silk fibers. 12 Dec 2008
• Morphological control and assembly of zinc oxide using a biotemplate. 4 Dec 2008
• Analysis of the fracture morphology of polyamide, polyester, polypropylene, and silk sutures before and after implantation in vivo. 30 Oct 2008
• A novel model system for design of biomaterials based on recombinant analogs of spider silk proteins. 5 Oct 2008
• Templating effect of silk fibers in the oriented deposition of aragonite. 20 Sep 2008
• Adhesive efficiency of spider prey capture threads. 7 Sep 2008
• Attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy: an efficient technique to quantitatively determine the orientation and conformation of proteins in single silk fibers. 30 Aug 2008
• Silk fibroin spheres as a platform for controlled drug delivery. 17 Aug 2008
• Silk fibroin/chitosan scaffold: preparation, characterization, and culture with HepG2 cell. 13 Jul 2008
• An Australian webspinner species makes the finest known insect silk fibers. 19 Jun 2008
• Spider minor ampullate silk proteins are constituents of prey wrapping silk in the cob weaver Latrodectus hesperus. 30 Mar 2008
• Mulberry non-engineered silk gland protein vis-à-vis silk cocoon protein engineered by silkworms as biomaterial matrices. 17 Feb 2008
• In vitro evaluation of electrospun silk fibroin scaffolds for vascular cell growth. 12 Feb 2008
• Silk-based electrospun tubular scaffolds for tissue-engineered vascular grafts. 30 Dec 2007
• Processing conditions for the formation of spider silk microspheres. 30 Dec 2007

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Technical information about 'Silk'

Definition: A continuous protein fiber consisting primarily of FIBROINS. It is synthesized by a variety of INSECTS and ARACHNIDS.

Registry Number: 0

Descriptor UI: D047011

Alternative terms: Silk;

Related Mesh Headings: Bombyx; Sutures; Textiles;

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage; adverse effects; analysis; antagonists & inhibitors; biosynthesis; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemical synthesis; classification; deficiency; diagnostic use; drug effects; economics; genetics; history; immunology; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; physiology; poisoning; radiation effects; secretion; standards; supply & distribution; therapeutic use; toxicity; ultrastructure; urine; chemistry; contraindications; agonists;

Tree Number: D05.750.078.875; D12.776.878;

History Note: 2005; use SILK (NM) 1980 -2004