Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; – Proteins – i.e. – more than 100 amino acid residues – Scleroproteins – e.g. – fibroin – elastin – silk – etc.
Patent
1995-04-19
1998-03-17
Wax, Robert A.
Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins;
Proteins, i.e., more than 100 amino acid residues
Scleroproteins, e.g., fibroin, elastin, silk, etc.
530350, A61K 3817, C07K 14435
Patent
active
057288100
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed to isolated cDNA which codes for spider silk protein or a fragment or variant thereof, a replicable vector containing cDNA which codes for spider silk protein and which is capable of expressing spider silk protein, a transformed cell or microorganism containing cDNA which codes for spider silk protein or a fragment thereof which is capable of expressing spider silk protein and products, such as fibers, which may be manufactured utilizing the recombinant protein of the present invention.
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Hinman Michael B.
Lewis Randolph V.
Xu Ming
Lau Kawai
University of Wyoming
Wax Robert A.
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