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12-2010 SPIDROIN N-TERMINAL DOMAIN: A PH SENSOR IN THE SPIDER SILK ASSEMBLY PROCESS William Gaines Clemson University, [email protected]
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Recommended Citation Gaines, William, "SPIDROIN N-TERMINAL DOMAIN: A PH SENSOR IN THE SPIDER SILK ASSEMBLY PROCESS" (2010). All Dissertations. 655. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_dissertations/655
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SPIDROIN N TERMINAL DOMAIN: A PH SENSOR IN THE SPIDER SILK ASSEMBLY PROCESS
A Dissertation Presented to the Graduate School of Clemson University
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy Genetics
by William Arthur Gaines, IV December, 2010
Accepted by: William R. Marcotte Jr., Committee Chair Albert Abbott Vance Baird Michael Sehorn
i ABSTRACT
Spider silks are protein