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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Main Authors: | Miserez, Ali, Li, Youli, Cagnon, Joel, Waite, J. Herbert, Weaver, James C. |
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Other Authors: | School of Materials Science & Engineering |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2013
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98939 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12758 |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
Language: | English |
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