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Chemical modification of silk sericin in lithium chloride/dimethyl sulfoxide solvent with 4-cyanophenyl isocyanate.
Biomacromolecules - 1 Jan 2000
Teramoto Hidetoshi, Nakajima Ken-ichi, Takabayashi Chiyuki
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This paper reports chemical modification of silk sericin in LiCl/dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) solvent with 4-cyanophenyl isocyanate. Sericin is a highly hydrophilic protein secreted by Bombyx mori, serving as a protein glue in a cocoon. LiCl/DMSO was found to be a good solvent of sericin and useful for homogeneous modification of its abundant hydroxyl groups under nonaqueous condition. Fourier transform infrared...
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