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| Title |
Composition and Hierarchical Organisation of a Spider Silk
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2007
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0000998 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Alexander Sponner, Wolfram Vater, Shamci Monajembashi, Eberhard Unger, Frank Grosse, Klaus Weisshart |
| Abstract |
Albeit silks are fairly well understood on a molecular level, their hierarchical organisation and the full complexity of constituents in the spun fibre remain poorly defined. Here we link morphological defined structural elements in dragline silk of Nephila clavipes to their biochemical composition and physicochemical properties. Five layers of different make-ups could be distinguished. Of these only the two core layers contained the known silk proteins, but all can vitally contribute to the mechanical performance or properties of the silk fibre. Understanding the composite nature of silk and its supra-molecular organisation will open avenues in the production of high performance fibres based on artificially spun silk material. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 152 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 2 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 145 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 45 | 30% |
| Student > Master | 27 | 18% |
| Researcher | 15 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 24 | 16% |
| Unknown | 23 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 31 | 20% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 25 | 16% |
| Chemistry | 20 | 13% |
| Materials Science | 15 | 10% |
| Engineering | 14 | 9% |
| Other | 20 | 13% |
| Unknown | 27 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 December 2013.
All research outputs
#6,399,505
of 22,736,112 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#76,786
of 194,041 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#22,374
of 71,796 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#122
of 227 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,736,112 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 70th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 194,041 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 15.1. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 59% of its peers.
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