https://www.selleckchem.com/pr....oducts/rxdx-106-cep-
Stiffness of forcibly pulled native-state silk increased by 200% with spider size. After exposure to 90% RH and subsequent supercontraction, axial shrinkage of native-state silk fibers increased by 15% in larger spiders. Supercontracted, ground-state fibers demonstrated a 200% increase in extensibility across spider size. Our results indicate a gradual increase in inducible variability of MAS mechanical properties across spider size potentially caused by shifts in internal processing or chemical composition. These findings im