Silk: Molecular organization and control of assembly

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1418, 2002, Pages 165-167

  Valluzzi, Regina ^a   Winkler, Stefan ^a   Wilson, Donna ^a   Kaplan, David L ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Copolymers; Redox; Silk

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

INSECT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SILK; SILKWORM; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BOMBYX; INSECT PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SILK; SPIDERS;

EID: 0037185944     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2001.1032     Document Type: Short Survey

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