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Recombinant spider silk proteins

US8034897B1 · kind B1 · 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 27, 2011
Grant date	Oct 11, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 27, 2031

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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