Fibrous proteins
By: [edited by] Thomas Scheibel.
Contributors: Scheibel, Thomas.
Series: Molecular biology intelligence unit; Molecular biology intelligence unit (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Landes Bioscience; CRC Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Austin, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781587063169
Subjects: Cytoskeletal proteins; Amyloid; Collagen; Fibrin; Keratin; Tubulins; Scleroproteins
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Amyloid fibrils : abnormal protein assembly / Roma N. Rambaran and Louise C. Serpell; title: Vertebrate collagens : structures, functions, and biomedical applications / David J.S. Hulmes; title: Short-order tendons : liquid crystal mesophases; title: Metal-complexation and protein gradients in the externalized collagens of mussel byssal threads / Matthew J. Harrington and J. Herbert Waite; title: The formation of fibrin clots / Russell F. Doolittle; title: Structure, function, and assembly of flagellar axial proteins / Ferenc Vonderviszt and Keiichi Namba; title: Keratin intermediate filaments : similarities and differences; title: With other members of the IF family / David A.D. Parry and Thomasin A. Smith; title: Tubulin and the dynamic, multifunctional microtubules it forms / Kenneth H. Downing; title: Silks produced by insect labial glands / František Sehnal and Tara Sutherland; title: The elaborate structure of spider silk : structure and function; title: Of a natural high performance fiber / Lin Rømer and Thomas Scheibel.