Fibroins [fibroiny]

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Terms

fibroin

 

Dragline Silk Fibroins
Fibroin
Fibroins, Spider
Silk Fibroin
Silk Fibroins
Spidroin
Spidroins

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Definition

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.

DUI
D005349 MeSH Browser
CUI
M0008444
CAS
Fibroins
History note
2005 (1966)
Public note
2005; see FIBROIN 1966-2004

D Chemicals and Drugs
D05.750 Polymers 1 053
D05.750.078 Biopolymers 96
D05.750.078.875 Silk 16
D05.750.078.875.500 Fibroins 9
D05.750.078.875.750 Sericins 8
D12.776 Proteins 2 575
D12.776.093 Arthropod Proteins 43
D12.776.093.750 Silk 16
D12.776.093.750.500 Fibroins 9
D12.776.093.750.750 Sericins 8