Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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Sarah Weisman

Tara Sutherland

Victoria Shirley Haritos

Alagacone Sriskantha

Peter Malcolm Campbell

Holly Trueman

Tara D Sutherland

John Alan Maurice Ramshaw

Shoko Okada

Yong Yi Peng

Andrew Allan Walker

Michael George Huson

Jeffrey Scott Church

Victoria S Haritos

Peter M Campbell

The present invention provides silk proteins, as well as nucleic acids encoding these proteins. The present invention also provides recombinant cells and/or organisms which synthesize silk proteins. Silk proteins of the invention can be used for a variety of purposes such as in the manufacture of personal care products, plastics, textiles, and biomedical products.

Silk proteins

The present invention relates to silk proteins which can be used to produce silk with a collagen-like structure, as well as nucleic acids encoding such proteins. The present invention also relates to recombinant cells and/or organisms which synthesize silk proteins. Silk proteins of the invention can be used for a variety of purposes such as in the production of personal care products, plastics, textiles, and biomedical products.

Collagen-like silk genes

The present invention relates to methods of producing silk dope comprising silk proteins with a coiled-coil structure such as honeybee silk proteins. The silk proteins are obtained from cells producing them, solubilizing the proteins by contacting them with a surfactant or an ionic liquid and concentrating the proteins to produce silk dope. The proteins can be used for a variety of purposes such as in the production of personal care products, plastics, textiles and biomedical products.

Processes for producing silk dope

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