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Coleman and Howitt1 have observed the interesting fact that if one dissolves denatured silk-fibroin in cupriethylene-diamine, a product is obtained which does not differ essentially from the native fibroin, and therefore they have called it the process of “renaturation”.
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KRATKY, O., SCHAUENSTEIN, E. & SEKORA, A. X-Ray Diagram and Ultra-Violet Absorption Spectrum of ‘Renatured’ Silk-Fibroin. Nature 166, 1031–1032 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/1661031b0
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