Grid formation in hornet cuticle induced by silk spun during pupation

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 224-231

  Ishay, Jacob S ^a   Kirshboim, Shira ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPEPTIDE; FIBROIN; SERICIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WASP;

ANIMALS; ELECTRODES; FIBROINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PUPA; SERICINS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; WASPS;

EID: 0034208492     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm000290b     Document Type: Article

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