Extensible collagen in mussel byssus: A natural block copolymer

Science

Volumn 277, Issue 5333, 1997, Pages 1830-1832

  Coyne, Kathryn J ^a   Qin, Xiao Xia ^a   Waite, J Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; CROSS LINKING; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPOLYMERS; BIVALVIA; COLLAGEN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELASTICITY; ELASTIN; FIBROINS; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROLINE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE;

EID: 0030865952     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5333.1830     Document Type: Article

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