Spider has always fascinated scientists, especially for the incredible strength of the silk is woven, the object of numerous studies. Its effectiveness as a tool for capturing prey depends but also by another component, the last until now: a very fine layer of "glue" that coats each filament of the fabric.

   Chemical analysis of the solution that has revealed a relatively high concentration of water soluble organic compounds (with a similar structure to that of certain neurotransmitters), free amino acids, small peptides, salts and some glycoproteins. 

   At first it was thought that the swirl adhesive strength was due to forces generated hygroscopic solution, but subsequent studies showed that this depended on the presence of small filaments canvas , “nodes ” glycoproteins, whose molecular structure but continued to be ignored. Now, according to an article published in a magazine Societal American chemist, a group of researchers from the University of Wyoming in Laramie managed to identify the genes encoding for these two glycoproteins, the products of the species Nephilim clavipes spiders. 

    “Once these genes have been cloned and made to over-express the established systems of insects and bacteria cultures, we can think of large-scale production of these glycoproteins in the development and production of new bio-adhesives ,” Omer said Choresh, head of research team. 

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