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

Biomimetic Production of Silk-Like Recombinant Squid Sucker Ring Teeth Proteins

(2014) Dawei Ding et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Structural diversity of a collagen-binding matrix protein from the byssus of blue mussels upon refolding

(2014) Michael H. Suhre et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Nature as a blueprint for polymer material concepts: Protein fiber-reinforced composites as holdfasts of mussels

(2014) Anja Hagenau et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Structural and functional features of a collagen-binding matrix protein from the mussel byssus

(2014) Michael H. Suhre et al.   Nature Communications

Dragline, Egg Stalk and Byssus: A Comparison of Outstanding Protein Fibers and Their Potential for Developing New Materials

(2013) Eileen S. Lintz et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Self-Tensioning Aquatic Caddisfly Silk: Ca2+-Dependent Structure, Strength, and Load Cycle Hysteresis

(2013) Nicholas N. Ashton et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

A Novel Acidic Matrix Protein, PfN44, Stabilizes Magnesium Calcite to Inhibit the Crystallization of Aragonite

(2013) Cong Pan et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Novel Proteins Identified in the Insoluble Byssal Matrix of the Freshwater Zebra Mussel

(2013) Arpita Gantayet et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Accelerating the design of biomimetic materials by integrating RNA-seq with proteomics and materials science

(2013) Paul A Guerette et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

One-Step Assembly of Coordination Complexes for Versatile Film and Particle Engineering

(2013) H. Ejima et al.   SCIENCE

Byssal proteins of the freshwater zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha

(2012) Arpita Gantayet et al.   BIOFOULING

Draft Genome of the Pearl Oyster Pinctada fucata: A Platform for Understanding Bivalve Biology

(2012) T. Takeuchi et al.   DNA RESEARCH

Changing environments and structure-property relationships in marine biomaterials

(2012) J. H. Waite et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Zebra mussel adhesion: Structure of the byssal adhesive apparatus in the freshwater mussel, Dreissena polymorpha

(2012) Nikrooz Farsad et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

The oyster genome reveals stress adaptation and complexity of shell formation

(2012) Guofan Zhang et al.   NATURE

Mussel-Inspired Adhesives and Coatings

(2011) Bruce P. Lee et al.   Annual Review of Materials Research

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

(2011) Ali Miserez et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Coupling Proteomics and Transcriptomics for the Identification of Novel and Variant Forms of Mollusk Shell Proteins: A Study with P. margaritifera

(2011) Sophie Berland et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Insights into shell deposition in the Antarctic bivalve Laternula elliptica: gene discovery in the mantle transcriptome using 454 pyrosequencing

(2010) Melody S Clark et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Iron-Clad Fibers: A Metal-Based Biological Strategy for Hard Flexible Coatings

(2010) M. J. Harrington et al.   SCIENCE

Stiff Coatings on Compliant Biofibers: The Cuticle ofMytilus californianusByssal Threads†,‡

(2009) Niels Holten-Andersen et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Cloning and Characterization of Prisilkin-39, a Novel Matrix Protein Serving a Dual Role in the Prismatic Layer Formation from the OysterPinctada fucata

(2009) Yawei Kong et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Protein structure prediction on the Web: a case study using the Phyre server

(2009) Lawrence A Kelley et al.   Nature Protocols

Metals and the Integrity of a Biological Coating: The Cuticle of Mussel Byssus

(2008) Niels Holten-Andersen et al.   LANGMUIR

Tough, Bio-Inspired Hybrid Materials

(2008) E. Munch et al.   SCIENCE

FTIR reveals structural differences between native β-sheet proteins and amyloid fibrils

(2004) Giorgia Zandomeneghi et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE