Crystal structure and physical properties of Antheraea yamamai silk fibers: Long poly(alanine) sequences are partially in the crystalline region

Polymer

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 87-94

  Numata, Keiji ^a   Sato, Ryota ^a,b   Yazawa, Kenjiro ^a   Hikima, Takaaki ^c   Masunaga, Hiroyasu ^d  

^a Elements Chemistry Laboratory   (Japan)

^b Spiber Inc   (Japan)

^c RIKEN SPring 8 Center   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antheraea yamamai silk; Beta sheet; Poly(alanine) sequence

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SILK; STRETCHING; TENSILE STRENGTH; X RAY SCATTERING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BETA-SHEET; BIREFRINGENCE MEASUREMENTS; CRYSTALLINE REGIONS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; HIGH-TENSILE STRENGTH; POLY(ALANINE) SEQUENCE; STRUCTURE AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NATURAL FIBERS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SILK;

EID: 84942251607     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2015.09.025     Document Type: Article

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