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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"byssus"”.
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Byssus Production in Freshwater Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoidea)
… drift and settlement is the production of byssus. Byssus is proteinaceous thread secreted by a gland in the foot of bivalve mollusks. I investigated the occurrence of byssus among taxa and tested aspects of byssus function in several species. A review of published and unpublished sources …
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Mechanics of the hysteretic large strain behavior of mussel byssus threads
Many biological materials have been shown to demonstrate remarkable physical properties, outperforming even the most widely-used synthetics. This study investigates mussel byssal threads, the attachment appendage of aquatic mussels, which are here shown to exhibit a remarkable ability to withstand …
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X-ray diffraction studies of muscle : observations on the anterior byssus retractor muscle of Mytilus edulis and the insect flight muscle from Sarcophaga bullata
The interfilament spacing of the anterior byssus retractor muscle from Mytilus edulis was studied as the muscle was extended. It was found that variations in this spacing were very small and consistent with the hypothesis that the interfilament spacing was independent of the extension of the …
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The behavior of Fe3+ coordination in alginate-catechol networks
… the simultaneous elasticity and hardness of the byssus coating. Inspired by the metal-coordination chemistry found in byssus coating, scientists have synthesized an array of self-healing hydrogels with catechol-modified, 4-branched PEG (4cPEG) and various metal ions, primarily Fe3+. While …
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The role of protein metal complexes in the mechanics of Mytilus californianus byssal threads
… of biological materials, using the mussel byssus as a model system. Specifically, the focus is on histidine-metal cross-links as sacrificial bonds in the fibrous core of the byssal thread (Chapter 4) and L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA)-metal bonds in the protective thread cuticle …
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Deciphering how the viscoelastic properties of mussel-inspired metal-coordinate hydrogels dictate their adhesive and interfacial mechanics
… intertidal conditions (collectively called the byssus). The key to both the mussel's ability to stick to a wide variety of surfaces and the highly energy-dissipative viscoelastic behavior of its byssal threads is a type of reversible bonding called metal-ligand coordination, which is comprised …
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The effects of microplastic and natural particles on the invasive mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck, 1819) and the native Choromytilus meridionalis
… prone to sand inundation. Respiration rates, byssus production, clearance rate, body condition (BCI) and survival of mussels exposed to four concentrations of two particle types, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and red clay were measured. A significant concentration effect was found in the …
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Polymer Gradient Materials
… for this work comes from nature: mussel byssus threads are soft-hard gradient biomaterials. These gradient threads are formed by a polyaddition process, show unique mechanical properties and demonstrate how nature solves the engineering problem of connecting two materials of different …
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Struktur-/Funktionsbeziehung rekombinant hergestellter Proteine aus dem Byssusfaden der Miesmuschel Mytilus galloprovincialis
… Mytilus galloprovincialis, haften mittels eines Byssus am Untergrund. Der Muschelbyssus besteht aus einzelnen Fäden, welche aufgrund von Strömungen und Wellengang extremen mechanischen Belastungen ausgeliefert sind und aus diesem Grund eine hohe Energieaufnahmefähigkeit besitzen. Unter anderem …
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Observing residual structure in disordered peptides with multidimensional infrared spectroscopy
… collagen (X = Pro), elastin (X = Val), mussel byssus (X = Gly), dragline spider silk (X = Gly), and wheat glutenin (X = Gln).`
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Rekombinante Herstellung und Charakterisierung flankierender Domänen der M. galloprovincialis preCol-Moleküle.
… haben zur Besiedelung von Gezeitenzonen ein als Byssus bezeichnetes Verankerungssytem entwickelt, welches unter den dort vorherrschenden Bedingungen ein stabiles Anhaften am Untergrund und Schutz vor durch Wellen und Strömungen verursachten Kräften gewährleistet. Der strukturelle Kern eines jeden …
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Aspects of stress with particular reference to mytilid mussels and their parasites
… stresses since they all inhibit shell gaping and byssus production. Mussels demonstrate clear and appropriate closure responses when in the presence of salinity, ammonia levels and Burnupena: all agents that are likely to be of historical selective significance. In contrast, phenol, an unfamiliar …