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fibroin

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fi·bro·in  (fbr-n)
n.
An insoluble white protein that is the essential component of raw silk and spider-web filaments.


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As water volume decreased and the concentration of fibroin increased, the proteins folded in on themselves, forming round structures called micelles.
Fukada, whose work in the field goes back there decades, says the study of shear piezoelectricity in biological samples started with wood cellulose, silk fibroin (the protein that forms silk filaments) and bone collagen.
 
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