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Silk is a natural protein fiber produced mainly by insect larvae, most commonly the mulberry silkworm, that can be woven into textiles valued for their characteristic shimmery appearance. The fiber's lustrous quality comes from its triangular prism-like structure, and silk is composed primarily of a protein called fibroin with a smaller coating of sericin.
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22,185 papers- Silk Fibroin Biomaterials and Their Beneficial Role in Skin Wound Healing.ReviewBiomolecules · 2022Mazurek Ł, Szudzik M, Rybka M et al.DOI: 10.3390/biom12121852
- Silk Bioconjugates: From Chemistry and Concept to Application.ReviewACS biomaterials science & engineering · 2024Matthew SAL, Seib FPDOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c01116
- Silk-Based Advanced Materials for Soft Electronics.ReviewAccounts of chemical research · 2019Wang C, Xia K, Zhang Y et al.DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00333
- Spider Silk for Tissue Engineering Applications.ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Salehi S, Koeck K, Scheibel TDOI: 10.3390/molecules25030737
- Silk sericin as building blocks of bioactive materials for advanced therapeutics.ReviewJournal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2023Hu D, Li T, Liang W et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.11.019
- Silk and Silk-Like Supramolecular Materials.ReviewMacromolecular rapid communications · 2018Fink TD, Zha RHDOI: 10.1002/marc.201700834
- Engineering of silk proteins for materials applications.ReviewCurrent opinion in biotechnology · 2019Saric M, Scheibel TDOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2019.05.005
- Silk Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Engineering.ReviewMacromolecular bioscience · 2021Ding Z, Cheng W, Mia MS et al.DOI: 10.1002/mabi.202100153
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Seide (Kurzzeichen nach Textilkennzeichnungsgesetz: SE), von mittellateinisch seta, ist ein tierischer Faserstoff. Sie wird aus den Kokons der Seidenraupe, der Larve des Seidenspinners, gewonnen. Seide ist die einzige in der Natur vorkommende textile Endlos-Faser und besteht hauptsächlich aus Protein. Sie kommt ursprünglich aus China und war eine wichtige Handelsware, die über die Seidenstraße nach Europa transportiert wurde. Neben China, wo heute noch der Hauptanteil produziert wird, sind Japan und Indien weitere wichtige Erzeugerländer, in denen der Seidenbau betrieben wird. Das zugehörige Adjektiv ist seiden (aus Seide bestehend) bzw. seidig (an Seide erinnernd, mit Seide vergleichbar).
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