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Adhesive Proteins of Stalked and Acorn Barnacles Display Homology with Low Sequence Similarities

Barnacle adhesion underwater is an important phenomenon to understand for the prevention of biofouling and potential biotechnological innovations, yet so far, identifying what makes barnacle glue proteins ‘sticky’ has proved elusive. Examination of a broad range of species within the barnacles may b...

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Autores principales: Jonker, Jaimie-Leigh, Abram, Florence, Pires, Elisabete, Varela Coelho, Ana, Grunwald, Ingo, Power, Anne Marie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4189950/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25295513
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108902