"Fibroins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Fibrous proteins secreted by INSECTS and SPIDERS. Generally, the term refers to silkworm fibroin secreted by the silk gland cells of SILKWORMS, Bombyx mori. Spider fibroins are called spidroins or dragline silk fibroins.
| Descriptor ID |
D005349
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.875.500 D12.776.093.750.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Fibroins, Spider- Fibroins, Spider
- Spider Fibroins
- Spidroins
- Dragline Silk Fibroins
- Fibroins, Dragline Silk
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fibroins" by people in Profiles.
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The molecular mechanism of spider-silk formation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2010 Jul 26; 49(32):5410-2.