Protein secondary structure of Green Lynx spider dragline silk investigated by solid-state NMR and X-ray diffraction
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0141-8130
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2015.07.048