A keystone-like grain in hornet comb cells: Its nature and physical properties

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 649-656

  Ishay, Jacob S ^a   Riabinin, Ksenia ^a   Kozhevnikov, Maria ^a   van der Want, Hans ^b   Stokroos, Ietse ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; PEROVSKITE; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

HORNET COMB CELLS;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

CELLULOSE; PEROVSKITE; POLYMER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMB; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAVITY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION; WASP;

ANIMALS; WASPS;

FUNGI; HYMENOPTERA; VESPA; VESPA ORIENTALIS; VESPIDAE; VESPINAE;

EID: 0038517699     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm020125r     Document Type: Article

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