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Synthetic Spider Silk Fibers Natural i/s Artificial Spinning Strategies... 

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First, a review of the properties and the structure of silk is given followed by a discussion on the relationship between molecular composition, assembled protein structure, and mechanical properties. Second, artificial spinning of silk proteins and their bioapplications are emphasized. Finally, the potential role of silk proteins in biomineralization is introduced and discussed. 

These insights are forming the basis for advancing artificial spinning through mimicking of the natural process. 

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Zhou, G.Q., Chen, X., and Shao, Z.Z. "The artificial spinning based on silk proteins". Prog. Chem. 18(7-8), 933-938 (2006a). 

Pichia pastoris [79], and plants [80, 81]. A complete protocol for the artificial spinning of fibers made from recombinant proteins based on chimeric or native synthetic spider siLk-Uke sequences produced through genetic engineering in E. coli was described by Teule et al. in 2009 [82]. Two examples of the genetic engineering methods are outbned here. 

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