Extra-Organismic Adhesive Proteins
Part 8. Polyamides and Complex Proteinaceous Materials
Dr. Jared M. Lucas,
Dr. Eleonora Vaccaro,
Prof. Dr. J. Herbert Waite,
Dr. Jared M. Lucas
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Division of Human Biology, Seattle, Washington, USA, 98019
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Eleonora Vaccaro
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European Patent Office, München, Germany, 80331
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Dr. J. Herbert Waite
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University of California, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Department, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 93106
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Jared M. Lucas,
Dr. Eleonora Vaccaro,
Prof. Dr. J. Herbert Waite,
Dr. Jared M. Lucas
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Division of Human Biology, Seattle, Washington, USA, 98019
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Eleonora Vaccaro
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European Patent Office, München, Germany, 80331
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Dr. J. Herbert Waite
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University of California, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Department, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 93106
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 15 January 2005
Abstract
- Introduction
- Occurrence
- Barnacles
- Algae
- Mussels
- Molecular Genetics
- Functional Biomechanics
- Measurement of Adhesion Strength
- Adhesion of Mussel Byssus
- Adhesion of Barnacles
- Adhesion of Ascidians
- Adhesion of Algae
- Adhesion of Echinodermata
- Measurement of Adhesion Strength
- Applications of Mussel Adhesive Proteins
- Mucoadhesion and Surface Chemistry
- Corrosion Inhibitors
- Synthetic Biomimics
- Outlook and Perspectives
- Patents
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