Hyperunstable matrix proteins in the byssus of Mytilus galloprovincialis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2224-2236

  Sagert, Jason ^a   Waite, J Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asparagine rich; Byssal threads; Deamidation; Decomposition; Hyperinstability; Marine mussel; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Thread matrix protein

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYTILUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COLLAGEN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYTILUS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID;

MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 67650046983     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.029686     Document Type: Article

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