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SYNTHETIC SPIDER SILK PROTEINS AND THREADS

SBE Special Section
May
2012
Ute Slotta, Nathalie Mougin, Lin Römer, Axel H. Leimer

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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