Microbial synthesis of high-molecular-weight, highly repetitive protein polymers

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• who: Juya Jeon et al. from the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in StLouis, Saint Louis, MO, USA have published the research: Microbial Synthesis of High-Molecular-Weight, Highly Repetitive Protein Polymers, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
• what: This work has demonstrated that, for the first time, microbially produced recombinant silk protein fibers can fully replicate the mechanical performance of natural silk fibers .
• future: The authors discuss the advantages and limitations of each method and highlight future directions that will lead to scalable production of highly PBMs for a wide . . .
  

   

  

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