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Recombinant spider silk proteins

US7951908B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AMSILK GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Scheibel · Bayreuth, DE
Daniel Huemmerich · Mannheim, DE
Christian Ackerschott · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 24, 2010
Grant date	May 31, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 24, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD01F4/02
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention is directed to recombinant spider silk proteins, nucleic acids, coding for these recombinant spider silk proteins, as well as hosts suitable for expressing those nucleic acids. Furthermore, the present invention is directed to a method of aggregation of spider silk proteins and the use of the proteins in the field of biotechnology and/or medicine and other industrial fields, in particular in the manufacture of automotive parts, in the aircraft construction, in the processing of textiles and leather, as well as in the manufacture and processing of paper and the like.

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