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Water-Soluble Silk: an α-Protein

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AMBROSE, E., BAMFORD, C., ELLIOTT, A. et al. Water-Soluble Silk: an α-Protein. Nature 167, 264–265 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167264a0

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