The structural characteristics of Bombyx mori silk fibroin before spinning as studied with molecular dynamics simulation

Macromolecules

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 8831-8838

  Yamane, Tsutomu ^a   Umemura, Kôsuke ^a   Asakura, Tetsuo ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOMBYX MORI; CONFORMATIONAL PROBABILITY; DIPEPTIDES; MOLECULAR MECHANICS SIMULATION; SILK FIBROIN; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION;

COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BONDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

FIBERS;

EID: 0037027580     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma0209390     Document Type: Article

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