Tensilin-like stiffening protein from Holothuria leucospilota does not induce the stiffest state of catch connective tissue

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1594-1602

  Tamori, Masaki ^a   Yamada, Akira ^b   Nishida, Naoto ^a   Motobayashi, Yumiko ^a   Oiwa, Kazuhiro ^b   Motokawa, Tatsuo ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catch connective tissue; Echinoderm; Mutable connective tissue; Sea cucumber; Stiffness; Tensilin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SEA WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DERMIS; HOLOTHURIA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DERMIS; HOLOTHURIA; POTASSIUM; PROTEINS; SEAWATER;

CUCUMARIA; CUCUMARIA FRONDOSA; ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHURIA LEUCOSPILOTA; HOLOTHUROIDEA;

EID: 33744797938     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02178     Document Type: Article

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