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Review Cell Biology

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JOURNAL OF MUSCLE RESEARCH AND CELL MOTILITY (2002)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Hydrophobic hydration is an important source of elasticity in elastin-based biopolymers

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2001)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Yield and post-yield behavior of mussel byssal thread: A self-healing biomolecular material

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BIOMACROMOLECULES (2001)

Article Biophysics

Dependence of yield strain of human trabecular bone on anatomic site

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JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS (2001)

Review Biophysics

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QUARTERLY REVIEWS OF BIOPHYSICS (2001)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Extreme diversity, conservation, and convergence of spider silk fibroin sequences

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SCIENCE (2001)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Amino acid propensities for the collagen triple-helix

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BIOCHEMISTRY (2000)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

A critical review of the structural mechanics of wool and hair fibres

JWS Hearle

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES (2000)

Article Physics, Multidisciplinary

Rupture of multiple parallel molecular bonds under dynamic loading

U Seifert

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (2000)