The mechanical function and structure of aortic microfibrils in the lobster Homarus americanus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 417-428

  Bussiere, Chantal T ^a   Wright, Glenda M ^b   DeMont, M Edwin ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium; Fibrillin; Marfan syndrome; Microfibrils; Modulus; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CALCIUM; FIBRILLIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIUM BINDING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CILIARY BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBER; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOBSTER; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULAR RING;

ANIMALIA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33645017178     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.09.020     Document Type: Article

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