The structure of silk fibroin is dominated by  (a) B-form duplex with occasional flipping into left-handed Z-form (b) antiparral strands in stacked beta pleated sheets (c) hydrophobic residues form a surface shell with hydrophillic residues in the molten core

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The structure of silk fibroin is dominated by 

(a) B-form duplex with occasional flipping into left-handed Z-form

(b) antiparral strands in stacked beta pleated sheets

(c) hydrophobic residues form a surface shell with hydrophillic residues in the molten core

(d) self-complementary stems terminated by loops

(e) random coils and domains anchored to the nuclear scaffold

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