Tough tendons. Mussel byssus has collagen with silk-like domains

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 272, Issue 51, 1997, Pages 32623-32627

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOPOLYMERS; BIVALVIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLLAGEN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031437429     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.51.32623     Document Type: Article

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