Mechanical properties of the compass depressors of the sea-urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Echinoderma...
Mechanical properties of the compass depressors of the sea-urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) and the effects of enzymes, neurotransmitters and synthetic tensilin-like protein
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United States: Public Library of Science
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The compass depressors (CDs) of the sea-urchin lantern are ligaments consisting mainly of discontinuous collagen fibrils associated with a small population of myocytes. They are mutable collagenous structures, which can change their mechanical properties rapidly and reversibly under nervous control. The aims of this investigation were to characteri...
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Mechanical properties of the compass depressors of the sea-urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) and the effects of enzymes, neurotransmitters and synthetic tensilin-like protein
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1664460585
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1664460585
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0120339
