Beneficial characteristics of mechanically functional amyloid fibrils evolutionarily preserved in natural adhesives

Nanotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Mostaert, Anika S ^a   Jarvis, Suzanne P ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; AGGLOMERATION; POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

NATURAL ADHESIVES; NATURAL MATERIALS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

FIBERS;

EID: 33846818932     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/18/4/044010     Document Type: Article

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