Silk-Its Mysteries, How It Is Made, and How It Is Used

ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 864-876

  Ebrahimi, Davoud ^a   Tokareva, Olena ^a,b   Rim, Nae Gyune ^c   Wong, Joyce Y ^c   Kaplan, David L ^b   Buehler, Markus J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

biomimetic; materiomics; multiscale modeling; silk; spinning

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOMATERIAL; SILK;

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BIOMEDICINE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84991523521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23739878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5b00152     Document Type: Review

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