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An Unstable Lattice in Silk Fibroin

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THE filament of the silkworm Bombyx mori gives the well-known X-ray fibre diagram1, which can also be obtained by stretching the silk-gland taken from the animal2.

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KRATKY, O., SCHAUENSTEIN, E. & SEKORA, A. An Unstable Lattice in Silk Fibroin. Nature 165, 319–320 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165319a0

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