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Silk's secrets

Edward Atkins ()
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Edward Atkins: University of Bristol

Nature, 2003, vol. 424, issue 6952, 1010-1010

Abstract: Despite centuries of human use of silk fibres from silkworm cocoons, and an emerging industry devoted to making artificial silk, questions remain about how insects produce it. New work in vitro tackles the problem.

Date: 2003
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