Mechanical characterization of an unusual elastic biomaterial from the egg capsules of marine snails (Busycon spp.)

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 42-50

  Rapoport, H Scott ^a   Shadwick, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CELL PROTEIN; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; KERATIN; MATRIX PROTEIN; POLYMER; SEA WATER;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EGG SHELL; ELASTICITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SNAIL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; VERTEBRATE; YOUNG MODULUS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EGG SHELL; ELASTICITY; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; SEAWATER; SNAILS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALIA; BUSYCON; CERITHIDEA RHIZOPHORARUM; GASTROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036163639     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm0155470     Document Type: Article

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