Spider Silk (IMAGE)

Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz

Spider Silk

Caption

Spider silk is composed of individual proteins. Mechanical and chemical factors influence how they assemble. The dynamics of the subunits play an important role.

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Ill./©: Benedikt Goretzki, Ute Hellmich

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This image may only be used in connection with the press release "Dynamics of silk proteins are key to outstanding stability of spider silk as biomaterial", issued by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz on November 4, 2019.

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