Experimental strategies for the identification and characterization of adhesive proteins in animals: A review

Interface Focus

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-19

  Hennebert, Elise ^a   Maldonado, Barbara ^b   Ladurner, Peter ^c   Flammang, Patrick ^a   Santos, Romana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biological adhesion; Metazoans; Protein characterization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919391352     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2014.0064     Document Type: Article

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