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A study of the extraordinarily strong and tough silk produced by bagworms

Global ecological damage has heightened the demand for silk as ‘a structural material made from sustainable resources’. Scientists have earnestly searched for stronger and tougher silks. Bagworm silk might be a promising candidate considering its superior capacity to dangle a heavy weight, summed up...

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Autores principales: Yoshioka, Taiyo, Tsubota, Takuya, Tashiro, Kohji, Jouraku, Akiya, Kameda, Tsunenori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6443776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30931923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09350-3