Image of the Day: Fiber Former
In a silk gland from the golden orb-web spider (Nephila clavipes), falling pH and surging carbon dioxide pressure launch the synthesis of silk fibers from spidroin proteins.
PLOS BIOLOGY, MARLENE ANDERSSON
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