Film formation and structural characterization of silk of the hornet Vespa simillima xanthoptera Cameron

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 60, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 906-914

  Kameda, Tsunenori ^a   Kojima, Katsura ^a   Miyazawa, Mitsuhiro ^a   Fujiwara, Seita ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Office of the Society of Japanese Honeybee   (Japan)

^c Fujiwara Honey and Ice Cream Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino Acid Composition; Molecular Conformation; Wasp Cocoon Protein

Indexed keywords

VESPA;

EID: 29844436662     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2005-11-1214     Document Type: Article

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