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SYNTHETIC SPIDER SILK PROTEINS AND THREADS

SBE Special Section
May
2012

E. coli can be genetically engineered to mimic the complex natural process by which a spider makes the proteins that it uses to spin the fibers for its web. With additional processing, fibers with properties similar to those of natural spider silk can be obtained.

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