Differential scanning fluorimetry provides high throughput data on silk protein transitions.

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Vollrath, Fritz ^a   Hawkins, Nick ^a   Porter, David ^a   Holland, Chris ^a,b   Boulet Audet, Maxime ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROIN; SILK;

ANIMAL; BOMBYX; FLUOROMETRY; METABOLISM; MORUS; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; FIBROINS; FLUOROMETRY; MORUS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SILK; SPIDERS;

EID: 84904013088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05625     Document Type: Article

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