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Nova2011 [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science-jan-june11-nova_01-19/ NOVA’s ‘Making Stuff’ Explores Spinning of Steel-Strength Spider Silk (5 min)] | Nova2011 [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science-jan-june11-nova_01-19/ NOVA’s ‘Making Stuff’ Explores Spinning of Steel-Strength Spider Silk (5 min)] | ||
// Shows the largest piece of spider silk textile in the world and talks about 'spider goats'. | // Shows the largest piece of spider silk textile in the world and talks about 'spider goats'. | ||
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// Production of spider silk in ''E. coli''. | // Production of spider silk in ''E. coli''. |
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The fibre spun with the native-sized recombinant spider silk protein showed similar mechanical properties to native spider silk, thus opening the possibility of its wide range of industrial and biomedical applications. [1].
Required Reading/Viewing
- NOVA’s ‘Making Stuff’ Explores Spinning of Steel-Strength Spider Silk (5 min)
Shows the largest piece of spider silk textile in the world and talks about 'spider goats'. Xia2010 pmid=20660779
// Production of spider silk in E. coli.
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Bioplastics - silk