Craig Vierra

Molecular and mechanical properties of major ampullate silk of the black widow spider, Latrodectus hesperus.

Egg case protein-1. A new class of silk proteins with fibroin-like properties from the spider Latrodectus hesperus.

Characterization of a novel class II bHLH transcription factor from the black widow spider, Latrodectus hesperus, with silk-gland restricted patterns of expression.

Araneoid egg case silk: a fibroin with novel ensemble repeat units from the black widow spider, Latrodectus hesperus.

Spider egg case core fibers: trimeric complexes assembled from TuSp1, ECP-1, and ECP-2.

Analysis of aqueous glue coating proteins on the silk fibers of the cob weaver, Latrodectus hesperus.

Aciniform spidroin, a constituent of egg case sacs and wrapping silk fibers from the black widow spider Latrodectus hesperus.

Spider minor ampullate silk proteins are constituents of prey wrapping silk in the cob weaver Latrodectus hesperus.

Pyriform spidroin 1, a novel member of the silk gene family that anchors dragline silk fibers in attachment discs of the black widow spider, Latrodectus hesperus.

Synthetic spider silk fibers spun from Pyriform Spidroin 2, a glue silk protein discovered in orb-weaving spider attachment discs.

Conserved C-terminal domain of spider tubuliform spidroin 1 contributes to extensibility in synthetic fibers.