The elasticity of spiders' webs is due to water-induced mobility at a molecular level
| Autor: | Brian K. Hunter, Fritz Vollrath, Jeremy K. M. Sanders, Karen M. Bonthrone |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Spider web
Spider General Immunology and Microbiology biology Chemistry Araneus diadematus General Medicine engineering.material biology.organism_classification General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Molecular level Nuclear magnetic resonance Araneida Coating engineering Biophysics Elasticity (economics) General Agricultural and Biological Sciences General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 248:141-144 |
| ISSN: | 1471-2954 0962-8452 |
| DOI: | 10.1098/rspb.1992.0054 |
| Popis: | 13 C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy of intact webs from the common garden spider Araneus diadematus has been used to demonstrate that: (i) water retention is an important role for the viscid coating of capture thread; (ii) the elasticity of capture thread results from water-induced mobility at a molecular level, (iii) the organization and composition of structural and capture thread are different, even in the absence of coating; and (iv) glycoproteins may have a more important presence and structural role than previously realized. Different 13 C-labelling patterns of webs were achieved by feeding spiders either with [ 13 C]glucose or with [ 13 C ]amino acids. |
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