Spider silk as rubber

Nature

Volumn 309, Issue 5968, 1984, Pages 551-552

  Gosline, John M ^a   Denny, Mark W ^b   Demont, M Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001489176     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/309551a0     Document Type: Article

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