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Distribution and Role of Trace Transition Metals in Glycera Worm Jaws Studied with Synchrotron Microbeam Techniques

Helga C Lichtenegger, Henrik Birkedal, Diego M Casa, Julie O Cross, Steve M Heald, J Herbert Waite, and Galen D Stucky

Chem Mater 17(11):2927-2931 (2005)

DOI: 10.1021/cm050233v
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