Per the success of the "spider-goat" project, you can extrude spider silk from concentrated solution. IIRC, the quality of the resulting silk is far lower than that produced by spinnerets. Last time I looked the best and most practical route was engineered silkworms.
On 12 October 2018 22:47:33 GMT+01:00, "Daniel C." <dcrookston@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 12:49 PM Nathan McCorkle <nmz787@gmail.com> wrote:Yeah, you need a spinner, and I think the supply to the spinner requires different properties than simple cell lysate/exudate (I'm guessing that has to do with purity and concentration).So is this guy on a fool's errand? Even if he can make yeast that makes the protein, he won't have actual strands of silk? Or is there a way to extrude it without growing a full spider?-Dan
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