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First sequencing of ancient coral skeletal proteins

Here we report the first recovery, sequencing, and identification of fossil biomineral proteins from a Pleistocene fossil invertebrate, the stony coral Orbicella annularis. This fossil retains total hydrolysable amino acids of a roughly similar composition to extracts from modern O. annularis skelet...

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Autores principales: Drake, Jeana L., Whitelegge, Julian P., Jacobs, David K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7655939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33173075
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-75846-4