Protein composition of silk filaments spun under water by caddisfly larvae.

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Published in Biomacromolecules on December 01, 2006

Authors

Naoyuki Yonemura1, Frantisek Sehnal, Kazuei Mita, Toshiki Tamura

Author Affiliations

1: Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Branisovská 31, 370 05 & Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic.

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