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Hierarchical Spidroin Micellar Nanoparticles as the Precursors of Spider Silks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2019

Lucas R. Parent*
Affiliation:
University of Connecticut, Innovation Partnership Building, Storrs, CT, USA. Northwestern University, Depts. of Chemistry, Materials Science, and Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
David Onofrei
Affiliation:
San Diego State University, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego, CA, USA.
Dian Xu
Affiliation:
Arizona State University, School of Molecular Sciences and the Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Dillan Stengel
Affiliation:
San Diego State University, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego, CA, USA.
John D. Roehling
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Materials Science Division, Livermore, CA, USA.
J. Bennett Addison
Affiliation:
San Diego State University, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego, CA, USA.
Christopher Forman
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Depts. of Chemistry, Materials Science, and Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Samrat A. Amin
Affiliation:
Arizona State University, School of Molecular Sciences and the Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Brian R. Cherry
Affiliation:
Arizona State University, School of Molecular Sciences and the Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Jeffery L. Yarger
Affiliation:
Arizona State University, School of Molecular Sciences and the Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Nathan C. Gianneschi
Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Depts. of Chemistry, Materials Science, and Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
Gregory P. Holland
Affiliation:
San Diego State University, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego, CA, USA.
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*Corresponding author: Lucas.Parent@uconn.edu

Abstract

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Type
3D Structures: from Macromolecular Assemblies to Whole Cells (3DEM FIG)
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2019 

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[5]LRP was supported by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health under Award F32EB021859. J.D.R.’s work was performed under the auspices of the US Department of Energy, by Lawrence Liver-more National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. Grants that supported this work include: (DOD-AFOSR) FA9550-17-1-0282 (to G.P.H.), (DURIP) FA9550-17-1-0409 (to G.P.H.), (NSF-DMR-BMAT) 1809645 (to J.L.Y.), and (ARO MURI) W911NF-15-1-0568 (to N.C.G.).Google Scholar