Silk structure studied with nuclear magnetic resonance

Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-68

  Asakura, Tetsuo ^a   Suzuki, Yu ^a   Nakazawa, Yasumoto ^a   Yazawa, Koji ^a   Holland, Gregory P ^b   Yarger, Jeffery L ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Pernyi; Anaphe; Bombyx mori; NMR; Poly(Ala Gly); Polyalanine; S. c.ricini; Silk fibroin; Spider silk

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOPOLYMERS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TOUGHNESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

A. PERNYI; ANAPHE; BOMBYX MORI; POLY(ALA-GLY); POLYALANINE; S. C.RICINI; SILK FIBROIN; SPIDER SILKS;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 84875102530     PISSN: 00796565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2012.08.001     Document Type: Review

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