## Abstract The outstanding mechanical properties of spider silks have motivated many researchers to establish biotechnological production techniques which are necessary to provide sufficient amounts of silk proteins for industrial applications. Based on recent developments in genetic engineering,
Production of spider silk proteins in tobacco seeds
✍ Scribed by K. Schallau; U. Conrad
- Publisher
- SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 125 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1661-5751
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