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Figure 8


FIG. 8.— A structural model for coiled coil silks. The {alpha}-helical strands corresponding to each of the fibroins are arranged in an antiparallel tetrameric configuration (direction indicated by arrows). Three residues (a, d, e) from each heptad repeat are buried in the core.





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