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The Effect of Concentration on Confirmational Transition of Fibroin
Introduction The silk fibers of silkworm have extraordinary mechanical properties. People commonly recognize that the ?- sheet structure in it mainly contributes that. So the formation of silk fiber from fibroin gel should be studied. Fibroin is primarily synthesized in the posterior division of silk gland of fifth - instar silkworm larva and from the posterior part to the anterior part of silk gland, the concentration of solution increases as well as a conformational transition, ? - helix to ? - sheet transition, occurs simultaneously. But little is known about the detailed process of the conformational transition under the influence of the concentration of fibroin gel. The present work studies the conformational transition of fibroin solution when it is diluted.
