The crystal structure of bombyx mori silk fibroin at the air-water interface

Biopolymers - Nucleic Acid Sciences Section

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 705-717

  Valluzzi, Regina ^a   Gido, Samuel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Air water interface; Bombyx mori; Fibroin; Langmuir monolayer; Langmuir blodgett film; Monolayer; Protein surfactancy; Silhvonn; Silk

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHASE INTERFACES; PROTEINS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BOMBYX MORI; PROTEIN SURFACTANCY;

SILK;

FIBROIN;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENATURATION; DNA HELIX; MOLECULAR MODEL; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SILKWORM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031282283     PISSN: 00063525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0282(199711)42:6<705::AID-BIP8>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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