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Mechanical Properties of the Compass Depressors of the Sea-Urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) and the Effects of Enzymes, Neurotransmitters and Synthetic Tensilin-Like Protein

The compass depressors (CDs) of the sea-urchin lantern are ligaments consisting mainly of discontinuous collagen fibrils associated with a small population of myocytes. They are mutable collagenous structures, which can change their mechanical properties rapidly and reversibly under nervous control....

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Autores principales: Wilkie, Iain C., Fassini, Dario, Cullorà, Emanuele, Barbaglio, Alice, Tricarico, Serena, Sugni, Michela, Del Giacco, Luca, Candia Carnevali, M. Daniela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4365025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25786033
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120339