The role of calcium and magnesium in the concrete tubes of the sandcastle worm

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1481-1488

  Sun, ChengJun ^a   Fantner, Georg E ^a   Adams, Jonathan ^a   Hansma, Paul K ^a   Waite, J Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Calcium; Magnesium; Phragmatopoma californica; Protein cement; Tube worm

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; EDETIC ACID; MAGNESIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYCHAETA; SECRETIONS;

ANIMALS; BODILY SECRETIONS; CALCIUM; EDETIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYCHAETA;

PHRAGMATOPOMA; PHRAGMATOPOMA CALIFORNICA; TUBICOLAE;

EID: 34248581215     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02759     Document Type: Article

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