Biological adhesion of the flatworm Macrostomum lignano relies on a duo-gland system and is mediated by a cell type-specific intermediate filament protein

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lengerer, Birgit ^a   Pjeta, Robert ^a   Wunderer, Julia ^a   Rodrigues, Marcelo ^a   Arbore, Roberto ^b   Schärer, Lukas ^b   Berezikov, Eugene ^c   Hess, Michael W ^d   Pfaller, Kristian ^d   Egger, Bernhard ^e   Obwegeser, Sabrina ^a   Salvenmoser, Willi ^a   Ladurner, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Bioadhesion; Duo gland system; Flatworm; Intermediate filaments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899119779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-11-12     Document Type: Article

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