Silk's secrets

被引：28

作者：

Atkins, E ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Bristol, Dept Phys, Bristol BS8 1TL, Avon, England

来源：

NATURE | 2003年 / 424卷 / 6952期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1038/4241010a

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

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.

引用

页码：1010 / 1010

页数：1

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