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Spinning silk – without the spiders

Rising and Johansson
Spider silk proteins have medical and research uses and are remarkably soluble. Spider silk is lightweight, strong, and nontoxic. It has biomedical applications in surgery, transplants, and as a matrix for culturing cells. The genes for spidroins, which are spider silk proteins, are known. Genera
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