Intermediate Filament Packing in α-Keratin of Echidna Quill

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-170

  James, Veronica J ^a   Amemiya, Yoshiyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATIN, WOOL; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MODELLING; WOOL FIBRES;

EID: 0031781570     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051759806800303     Document Type: Article

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