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67. Silk-silk Conduits Filled with Native Spider Silk Fibers Successfully Promoted Nerve Regeneration in a 10 Mm Sciatic Nerve Defect in Rats

scientific article published in 2022

A Close Relationship Between Two Spiders (Arachnida, Araneidae): Curimagua Bayano Synecious on a Diplura Species

article

A novel marine silk ⬇️

scientific article published on November 5, 2011

A poisonous surprise under the coat of the African crested rat ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 22 February 2012)

A virtual robot to model the use of regenerated legs in a web-building spider

scientific article

Abstract 11.05 SERICIN REMOVAL FROM BOMBYX MORI SILK FIBERS – APPLICATION IN CONSTRUCTION OF PERIPHERAL NERVE IMPLANTS

Adhesion of dry and wet electrostatic capture silk of uloborid spider

scientific article published on 07 July 2015

African bees to control African elephants

scientific article published in November 2002

African elephant alarm calls distinguish between threats from humans and bees

scientific article

African elephants run from the sound of disturbed bees

scientific article

Age- and tactic-related paternity success in male African elephants

scientific article published in 2007

Altered geometry of webs in spiders with regenerated legs

scientific article published in Nature

Amyloidogenic nature of spider silk

article

Analyis of structure/property relationships in silkworm (Bombyx mori) and spider dragline (Nephila edulis) silks using Raman spectroscopy

scientific article published on March 2003

Analysing the structure and glass transition behaviour of silks for archaeology and conservation.

scientific article published in February 2018

Analysis of spider silk in native and supercontracted states using Raman spectroscopy

article

Artificial spinning of natural silk threads

scientific article published on 28 October 2019

Bee threat elicits alarm call in African elephants

scientific article

Behavioural reactions of elephants towards a dying and deceased matriarch

Beta transition and stress-induced phase separation in the spinning of spider dragline silk

scientific article

Beta-silks: enhancing and controlling aggregation

scientific article published on January 2006

Biological liquid crystal elastomers

scientific article

Biology of spider silk

scientific article

Biophotonics of Native Silk Fibrils

scientific article published on 29 January 2018

Biopolymers: shape memory in spider draglines

scientific article

Breaking the 200 nm limit for routine flow linear dichroism measurements using UV synchrotron radiation.

scientific article published on 19 September 2008

Brown recluse spider's nanometer scale ribbons of stiff extensible silk

scientific article published on 8 October 2013

Changes in element composition along the spinning duct in a Nephila spider

scientific article published in April 2001

Characterization of the protein components of Nephila clavipes dragline silk

scientific article

Chitin in the silk gland ducts of the spider Nephila edulis and the silkworm Bombyx mori

scientific article

Comparing the microstructure and mechanical properties of Bombyx mori and Antheraea pernyi cocoon composites.

scientific article published on 29 September 2016

Comparing the rheology of mulberry and "wild" silkworm spinning dopes.

scientific article published on 9 December 2011

Comparing the rheology of native spider and silkworm spinning dope.

scientific article

Comparison of the spinning of selachian egg case ply sheets and orb web spider dragline filaments

scientific article

Compounds in the droplets of the orb spider's viscid spiral

scientific article published in Nature

Concentration state dependence of the rheological and structural properties of reconstituted silk.

scientific article

Conformation transition in silk protein films monitored by time-resolved Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: effect of potassium ions on Nephila spidroin films

scientific article published in December 2002

Conformation transition kinetics of Bombyx mori silk protein.

scientific article published on July 2007

Conformational polymorphism, stability and aggregation in spider dragline silks proteins

scientific article published in September 2005

Consequences of electrical conductivity in an orb spider's capture web.

scientific article published on 10 December 2013

Copper in the silk formation process of Bombyx mori silkworm

scientific article

Creating artificial Rhino Horns from Horse Hair

scientific article published on 08 November 2019

Decoding the locational information in the orb web vibrations of Araneus diadematus and Zygiella x-notata

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Deformation micromechanics of spider silk

Demineralization Enables Reeling of Wild Silkmoth Cocoons ⬇️

scientific article published on May 25, 2011

Design Variability in Web Geometry of an Orb-Weaving Spider ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 October 1997

Differential Scanning Calorimetry of Native Silk Feedstock

scientific article published on 09 November 2018

Differential Scanning Fluorimetry provides high throughput data on silk protein transitions

scientific article

Differential scanning fluorimetry illuminates silk feedstock stability and processability

scientific article published on 01 January 2016

Distinct structural and optical regimes in natural silk spinning

scientific article published on 12 January 2012

Drop-on-coilable-fibre systems exhibit negative stiffness events and transitions in coiling morphology.

scientific article published on 26 July 2017

Dry-Spun Silk Produces Native-Like Fibroin Solutions

scientific article published on 15 August 2016

Dwarf males.

scientific article published in April 1998

Dyar's Rule and the Investment Principle: optimal moulting strategies if feeding rate is size-dependent and growth is discontinuous.

scientific article published in January 1997

Dynamic shear analysis: a novel method to determine mechanical integrity of normal and torn human acetabular labra: Implications for prediction of outcome of repair

Effects of prey quality and availability on the life history of a trap-building predator

scientific article published in 2003

Elasticity of spider silks

scientific article published on 5 June 2008

Elephants avoid costly mountaineering

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

Emergent properties in the behaviour of a virtual spider robot

scientific article published in 1998

Endocrine and behavioral changes in male African elephants: linking hormone changes to sexual state and reproductive tactics

scientific article

Environment, Reproduction and the Sex Ratio of the Social Spider Anelosimus eximius (Araneae, Theridiidae)

scientific article published in 1986

Environmental effects on the construction and physical properties of Bombyx mori cocoons

Eusociality and extraordinary sex ratios in the spider Anelosimus eximius (Araneae: Theridiidae)

scientific article published in 1986

Extended wet-spinning can modify spider silk properties

scientific article

Forced reeling of Bombyx mori silk: separating behavior and processing conditions

scientific article

Function of Potassium in Spinning Process of Spider Nephila

article published in 2004

Functional flexibility in a spider's Orb Web

scientific article published on 12 November 2020

Further investigation on potassium-induced conformation transition of Nephila spidroin film with two-dimensional infrared correlation spectroscopy

scientific article

Genital morphology of Nephila edulis: implications for sperm competition in spiders

scientific article published in 1998

Giant female or dwarf male spiders?

scientific article published in Nature

Glass transitions in native silk fibres studied by dynamic mechanical thermal analysis

scientific article published on 20 June 2016

Glycoprotein glue beneath a spider web's aqueous coat

scientific article published on 06 February 2005

Graph theory illustrates spatial and temporal features that structure elephant rest locations and reflect risk perception

scientific article

Hard X-ray nano-holotomography with a Fresnel zone plate

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Heterogeneous morphology of Nephila edulis spider silk and its significance for mechanical properties

scientific article published on 25 July 2002

Hexagonal columnar liquid crystal in the cells secreting spider silk

Horses and cows might teach us about human knees.

scientific article published on 2 March 2014

Housing tubes from the marine worm Chaetopterus sp.: biomaterials with exceptionally broad thermomechanical properties

scientific article

Human footprint and protected areas shape elephant range across Africa

Identification and classification of silks using infrared spectroscopy

scientific article

In-drop capillary spooling of spider capture thread inspires hybrid fibers with mixed solid-liquid mechanical properties ⬇️

scientific article

Influence of CO2 on the micro-structural properties of spider dragline silk: X-ray microdiffraction results

scientific article published on 25 October 2003

Investigating the rheological properties of native plant latex

scientific article published on 30 October 2013

Ivory as an Important Model Bio-composite

scientific article published on 29 January 2018

Leg regeneration in web spiders and its implications for orb weaver phylogeny ⬇️

scholarly article by F Vollrath published 1991 in Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society

Life cycle assessment of Indian silk

article

Linking naturally and unnaturally spun silks through the forced reeling of Bombyx mori

scientific article published on 19 September 2014

Liquid crystalline spinning of spider silk

scientific article

Liquid crystals and flow elongation in a spider's silk production line

article

Local tolerance to spider silks and protein polymers in vivo

scientific article published in July 2002

Lyriform organs on regenerated spider legs ⬇️

scholarly article in Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, vol. 10 no. 3, 1995

Mechanics and morphology of silk drawn from anesthetized spiders

scientific article published in March 2000

Modulation of cell growth on exposure to silkworm and spider silk fibers

scientific article published on March 2010

Modulation of the mechanical properties of spider silk by coating with water

scientific article published in Nature

Molecular deformation in spider dragline silk subjected to stress

Movement reveals reproductive tactics in male elephants

scientific article published on 24 June 2019

Movements and corridors of African elephants in relation to protected areas

article

NMR characterization of native liquid spider dragline silk from Nephila edulis

scientific article

Nanofibrillar Structure and Molecular Mobility in Spider Dragline Silk

article

Novel assembly properties of recombinant spider dragline silk proteins.

scientific article published in November 2004

Nutrient balance affects foraging behaviour of a trap-building predator

scientific article

OP7: Silk Fibroin-Based Conduits Filled with Native Spider Silk Fibers Successfully Promoted Nerve Regeneration in a 10 Mm Sciatic Nerve Defect in Rats

scientific article published in 2022

Optimal area use in orb webs of the spider Araneus diadematus

scientific article published in February 2000

Predicting the mechanical properties of spider silk as a model nanostructured polymer.

scientific article

Previous experience and site tenacity in the orb spider Nephila (Araneae, Araneidae)

scientific article published on 01 September 1986

Proline and processing of spider silks

scientific article

Rainfall pattern and nutrient content influences on African elephants’ debarking behaviour in Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya

scientific article published on 10 November 2011

Relationships between supercontraction and mechanical properties of spider silk

scientific article

Remote monitoring of vibrational information in spider webs.

scientific article

Rheo-attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy: a new tool to study biopolymers

scientific article published on 17 January 2011

Rheological characterization of nephila spidroin solution.

scientific article

Secondary structures and conformational changes in flagelliform, cylindrical, major, and minor ampullate silk proteins. Temperature and concentration effects

scientific article published in November 2004

Sex-ratio adjustment in solitary and social spiders ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 October 1992

Sexual dimorphism and distorted sex ratios in spiders

scientific article published in Nature

Shear-induced self-assembly of native silk proteins into fibrils studied by atomic force microscopy

scientific article published on 21 February 2012

Silk Reconstitution Disrupts Fibroin Self-Assembly

scientific article published on 18 August 2015

Silk and synthetic polymers: reconciling 100 degrees of separation

scientific article

Silk cocoon (Bombyx mori): multi-layer structure and mechanical properties

scientific article published on 4 April 2012

Silk evolution untangled

scientific article published in Nature

Silk fibroin gelation via non-solvent induced phase separation

scientific article published on 5 January 2016

Silk fibroin‐regulated crystallization of calcium carbonate

scholarly article

Silk micrococoons for protein stabilisation and molecular encapsulation

scientific article published on 19 July 2017

Silk production in a spider involves acid bath treatment

scientific article published in 1998

Silk protein aggregation kinetics revealed by Rheo-IR.

scientific article published on 5 November 2013

Silkworm cocoons inspire models for random fiber and particulate composites

scientific article published on 14 October 2010

Social dominance, seasonal movements, and spatial segregation in African elephants: a contribution to conservation behavior

article

Spider Silk: Mother Nature's Bio-Superlens.

scientific article

Spider Silk: Super Material or Thin Fibre? ⬇️

scientific article published on November 26, 2012

Spider and mulberry silkworm silks as compatible biomaterials

article published in 2007

Spider growth as an indicator of habitat quality ⬇️

scholarly article in Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, vol. 7 no. 7, 1988

Spider silk as archetypal protein elastomer

article

Spider silk fibre extrusion: combined wide- and small-angle X-ray microdiffraction experiments

scientific article

Spider silk protein refolding is controlled by changing pH.

scientific article

Spider silk proteins--mechanical property and gene sequence.

scientific article

Spider silk: thousands of nano-filaments and dollops of sticky glue

scientific article published in November 2006

Spider webs inspiring soft robotics

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Spiders spinning electrically charged nano-fibres

scientific article

Spiders' webs

Spinning an elastic ribbon of spider silk

scientific article

Stable isotopes in elephant hair document migration patterns and diet changes

scientific article (publication date: 10 January 2006)

Strain-dependent fractional molecular diffusion in humid spider silk fibres.

scientific article published on September 2016

Strength and structure of spiders' silks

scientific article

Structural Organization of Spider Silk

scientific article published in 1996

Structural conformation of spidroin in solution: a synchrotron radiation circular dichroism study

scientific article

Structural disorder in silk proteins reveals the emergence of elastomericity

scientific article

Structural diversity of native Major Ampullate, Minor Ampullate, Cylindriform and Flagelliform silk proteins in solution

scientific article published on 18 June 2020

Structural engineering of an orb-spider's web

scientific article published in Nature

Structure and Properties of Silk from the African Wild SilkmothGonometa posticaReared Indoors

Structure and function of the major ampullate spinning duct of the golden orb weaver, Nephila edulis

scientific article published on 9 May 2013

Structure and function of the silk production pathway in the spider Nephila edulis

scientific article

Structure and physical properties of silkworm cocoons

scientific article published on 2 May 2012

Structure and properties of silk from the African wild silkmoth Gonometa postica reared indoors

scientific article

Study on the microstructure of African wild silk cocoon shells and fibers ⬇️

scientific article published on October 5, 2011

Supercontracted spider dragline silk: a solid-state NMR study of the local structure

scientific article

Surprising strength of silkworm silk

scientific article

Temperature affects both web spider response time and prey escape speed ⬇️

scientific article published in 2006

Tensile and shear mechanical properties of rotator cuff repair patches ⬇️

scientific article published on November 12, 2011

The Role of Behavior in the Evolution of Spiders, Silks, and Webs

scientific article published in 2007

The biocomposite tube of a chaetopterid marine worm constructed with highly-controlled orientation of nanofilaments.

scientific article

The complexity of silk under the spotlight of synthetic biology

scientific article published on August 2016

The conserved C-termini contribute to the properties of spider silk fibroins

scientific article

The effect of leg loss on oeb-spider growth ⬇️

scholarly article in Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, vol. 11 no. 3, 1998

The effect of leg loss on prey capture in Nephila clavipes ⬇️

scientific article published in 1999

The effect of prey type on the geometry of the capture web of Araneus diadematus

scientific article published on 25 August 2002

The effect of solvents on spider silk studied by mechanical testing and single-fibre Raman spectroscopy

article

The effect of spinning conditions on the mechanics of a spider's dragline silk.

scientific article

The effect of starvation on web geometry in an orb-weaving spider ⬇️

scholarly article in Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, vol. 10 no. 8, 1997

The effects of neurotoxins on web-geometry and web-building behaviour in Araneus diadematus Cl.

scientific article published in September 2004

The impact behaviour of silk cocoons

scientific article

The mechanical properties of the non-sticky spiral inNephilaorb webs (Araneae, Nephilidae) ⬇️

scientific article published on June 26, 2012

The molecular structure and multifunctionality of the cryptic plant polymer suberin

scientific article published on 26 December 2019

The molecular structure of spider dragline silk: folding and orientation of the protein backbone

scientific article

The potential of Antheraea pernyi silk for spinal cord repair.

scientific article

The r package enerscape : A general energy landscape framework for terrestrial movement ecology

scientific article

The role of kinetics of and amide bonding in protein stability

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

The silkmoth cocoon as humidity trap and waterproof barrier

scientific article

The speed of sound in silk: linking material performance to biological function

scientific article

The spinning processes for spider silk

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

There are many more lessons still to be learned from spider silks

scientific article published on 22 June 2011

Thermal stress, p53 structures and learning from elephants

scientific article published in 2024

Thermally induced changes in dynamic mechanical properties of native silks

scientific article

Thread biomechanics in the two orb-weaving spidersAraneus diadematus (Araneae, Araneidae) andUloborus walckenaerius (Araneae, Uloboridae)

article

Time-resolved torsional relaxation of spider draglines by an optical technique

scientific article published on 18 April 2007

Torn human rotator cuff tendons have reduced collagen thermal properties on differential scanning calorimetry.

scientific article published on 11 May 2011

Toughness of Spider Silk at High and Low Temperatures

scientific article (publication date: 6 January 2005)

Transient Expression of a Major Ampullate Spidroin 1 Gene Fragment from Euprosthenops sp. in Mammalian Cells

scientific article published on 01 March 2006

Transition to a beta-sheet-rich structure in spidroin in vitro: the effects of pH and cations

scientific article

Tuning the instrument: sonic properties in the spider's web

scientific article published on September 2016

Two Mechanisms for Supercontraction in Nephila Spider Dragline Silk ⬇️

scientific article published on October 4, 2011

Unfreezing the behaviour of two orb spiders

article

Unpicking the signal thread of the sector web spider Zygiella x-notata

scientific article

Untangling the spider's web ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 1988

Variability in the mechanical properties of spider silks on three levels: interspecific, intraspecific and intraindividual

article

Vibrations: their signal function for a spider kleptoparasite

scientific article

Water mobility, denaturation and the glass transition in proteins

scientific article published on 24 March 2012

Web masters

scientific article published in Nature

Web spider's dilemma: a risky move or site dependent growth

scientific article published on December 1985

Wind speed affects prey-catching behaviour in an orb web spider

scientific article published on 13 October 2011

X-ray diffraction on spider silk during controlled extrusion under a synchrotron radiation X-ray beam

scientific article published in January 2000

pH induced changes in the rheology of silk fibroin solution from the middle division of Bombyx mori silkworm

scientific article

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