A new twist on sea silk: the peculiar protein ultrastructure of fan shell and pearl oyster byssus

The byssus threads of Pinna nobilis: A histochemical and ultrastructural study

(2017) Andrea Diana et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HISTOCHEMISTRY

Interspecies comparison of the mechanical properties and biochemical composition of byssal threads

(2017) Zeineb Bouhlel et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Ca2+ Mediates the Self-Assembly of the Foot Proteins of Pinctada fucata from the Nanoscale to the Microscale

(2016) Chuang Liu et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Structure of a Chaperone-Usher Pilus Reveals the Molecular Basis of Rod Uncoiling

(2016) Manuela K. Hospenthal et al.   CELL

Cooperative behavior of a sacrificial bond network and elastic framework in providing self-healing capacity in mussel byssal threads

(2016) Antje Reinecke et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Sugary interfaces mitigate contact damage where stiff meets soft

(2016) Hee Young Yoo et al.   Nature Communications

Role of Sacrificial Protein–Metal Bond Exchange in Mussel Byssal Thread Self-Healing

(2015) Clemens N. Z. Schmitt et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Mechanical homeostasis of a DOPA-enriched biological coating from mussels in response to metal variation

(2015) Clemens N. Z. Schmitt et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Self-healing response in supramolecular polymers based on reversible zinc–histidine interactions

(2015) Marcel Enke et al.   POLYMER

High-resolution structure of a type IV pilin from the metal-reducing bacterium Shewanella oneidensis

(2015) Manuela Gorgel et al.   BMC STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Extensible byssus of Pinctada fucata: Ca2+-stabilized nanocavities and a thrombospondin-1 protein

(2015) Chuang Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

The Mechanical Role of Metal Ions in Biogenic Protein-Based Materials

(2014) Elena Degtyar et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Thixotropic silk nanofibril-based hydrogel with extracellular matrix-like structure

(2014) Yingxin Liu et al.   Biomaterials Science

A customizable software for fast reduction and analysis of large X-ray scattering data sets: applications of the newDPDAKpackage to small-angle X-ray scattering and grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering

(2014) Gunthard Benecke et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Self-Repair of a Biological Fiber Guided by an Ordered Elastic Framework

(2013) Stefanie Krauss et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Mussel mimetic tissue adhesive for fetal membrane repair: initial in vivo investigation in rabbits

(2013) A. Kivelio et al.   European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Minor Ampullate Silks from Nephila and Argiope Spiders: Tensile Properties and Microstructural Characterization

(2012) G. V. Guinea et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Solid-State NMR Structure Determination of Whole Anchoring Threads from the Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis

(2012) Alexandre A. Arnold et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Pseudoelastic behaviour of a natural material is achieved via reversible changes in protein backbone conformation

(2012) M. J. Harrington et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Four-Stranded Coiled-Coil Elastic Protein in the Byssus of the Giant Clam, Tridacna maxima

(2011) Ali Miserez et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

pH-induced metal-ligand cross-links inspired by mussel yield self-healing polymer networks with near-covalent elastic moduli

(2011) N. Holten-Andersen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Insect Silk: One Name, Many Materials

(2009) Tara D. Sutherland et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Hyperunstable matrix proteins in the byssus of Mytilus galloprovincialis

(2009) J. Sagert et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Collagen insulated from tensile damage by domains that unfold reversibly: In situ X-ray investigation of mechanical yield and damage repair in the mussel byssus

(2009) Matthew J. Harrington et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Reconstructing web evolution and spider diversification in the molecular era

(2009) T. A. Blackledge et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA