Chitin-silk fibroin interactions: Relevance to calcium carbonate formation in invertebrates

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 548-554

  Falini, G ^b   Weiner, S ^a   Addadi, L ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHITIN; SILK FIBROIN;

ACETYLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INVERTEBRATE; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILKWORM; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHITIN; FIBROINS; INSECT PROTEINS; SILK; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 0041657656     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-002-1055-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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