Molecular orientations in an extruded collagenous composite, the marginal rib of the egg capsule of the dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula; a novel lyotropic liquid crystalline arrangement and its origin in the spinnerets

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 351, Issue 1344, 1996, Pages 1205-1222

  Knight, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 0029914178     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1996.0103     Document Type: Article

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