Hagfish Slime Threads
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"Hagfish slime threads form the fibrous fraction of the defensive slime of hagfishes. The threads develop within specialized cells within the slime glands and consist of a dense bundle of the cytoskeletal elements known as intermediate filaments. The threads leave the hagfish's body in a condensed state, but quickly unravel into fine protein strands that are more than 10 cm long..."
ISBN
9789814267403
Publication Date
2012
Publisher
Pan Stanford Publishing
City
Singapore
Disciplines
Cell Biology | Marine Biology
Recommended Citation
Fudge DS (2012) Hagfish slime threads. In The Functional Fold: Amyloid Structures in Nature, edited by Mostaert A and Jarvis S (eds.), Pan Stanford Publishing, pp 15-31.
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1
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Pan Stanford Publishing
Comments
In Suzi Jarvis and Anika Mostaert(Eds.), The Functional Fold: Amyloid Structures in Nature. Dr. Fudge's chapter begins on page 15.