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Hagfish slime exudate stabilization and its effect on slime formation and functionality
Hagfish produce vast amounts of slime when under attack. The slime is the most dilute hydrogel known to date, and is a highly interesting material for biomaterial research. It forms from a glandular secrete, called exudate, which deploys upon contact with seawater. To study slime formation ex vivo a...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Company of Biologists Ltd
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5550916/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28619721 http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.025528 |