References and sources of further information

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Porter, D., Vollrath, F. and Shao, Z., Predicting the mechanical properties of spider silk as a model nanostructured polymer. Eur. Phys. J. E. Soft Matter, February 2005,16(2)  

Vollrath, F. and Knight, D.P., Liquid crystalline spinning of spider silk. Nature, 2(X)1, 410(6828) 541-548. 

Lazaris, A., Arcidiacono, S Huang, Y., Zhou, J.F., Duguay, F., Chretien, N., Welsh, E.A., Soares, J.W. and Karatzas, C.N., Spider silk fibers spun from soluble recombinant silk produced in mammalian cells. Science, 2002, 295(5554) 472-476. 

ScheUer, J., Giihrs, K.-H., Grosse, F. and Conrad, U., Production of spider silk proteins in tobacco and potato. Nature Biotechnology, 2(X)1, 19 573-577. 

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