Materials science. Holding on by a hard-shell thread

Science. 2010 Apr 9;328(5975):180-1. doi: 10.1126/science.1187598.
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Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biomechanical Phenomena
  • Bivalvia / chemistry*
  • Bivalvia / physiology
  • Chemical Phenomena
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine / analysis
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine / chemistry*
  • Hardness
  • Iron / chemistry*
  • Iron / metabolism
  • Metals / chemistry
  • Metals / metabolism
  • Proteins / chemistry*
  • Proteins / metabolism
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman

Substances

  • Metals
  • Proteins
  • adhesive protein, mussel
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine
  • Iron