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Spider dragline silk is well known for its outstanding mechanical properties - a combination of strength and extensibility that makes it one of the toughest materials known. Two proteins, major ampullate spidroin 1 (MaSp1) and 2 (MaSp2), comprise dragline silk fibers.
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- Shi, Xiangyan (Author)
- Yarger, Jeffery L (Thesis advisor)
- Holland, Gregory P (Thesis advisor)
- Levitus, Marcia (Committee member)
- Marzke, Robert F (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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2014
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- Partial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2014Note typethesis
- Includes bibliographical referencesNote typebibliography
- Field of study: Chemistry
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by Xiangyan Shi