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Reflections on the Structure of Mussel Adhesive Proteins

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Part of the book series: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation ((RESULTS,volume 19))

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Adhesion is a ubiquitous phenomenon in Nature: it is what holds things together in the living world. Examples of bioadhesion include the polysaccharide gels produced by bacteria to immobilize themselves on rocks in a rushing mountain stream (Savage and Fletcher 1985), and the receptor-mediated binding of the Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) domains of fibrin, laminin, and other proteins involved in cell-cell adhesion (Ruoslahti and Pierschbacher 1987). These can be referred to as examples of microscopic bioadhesion, since they involve the immobilization or joining together of microscopic entities. There are, however, many examples of macroscopic bioadhesion, whereby large species of plants, animals, and insects anchor themselves to surfaces for some advantage.

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    Richard A. Laursen

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    Steven T. Case

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Laursen, R.A. (1992). Reflections on the Structure of Mussel Adhesive Proteins. In: Case, S.T. (eds) Structure, Cellular Synthesis and Assembly of Biopolymers. Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, vol 19. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47207-0_3

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