Four-stranded coiled-coil elastic protein in the byssus of the giant clam, Tridacna maxima
An elastic protein with a secondary structure distinct from all well-known load-bearing proteins is found in the byssus of the giant clam, Tridacna maxima. The byssus consists of a bundle of hundreds of individual threads, each measuring about about 100 μm in diameter, which exhibit a tendon-like me...
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| Formatua: | Journal Article |
| Hizkuntza: | English |
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2013
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| Sarrera elektronikoa: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98939 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12758 |