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Hagfish slime and mucin flow properties and their implications for defense

When hagfish (Myxinidae) are attacked by predators, they form a dilute, elastic, and cohesive defensive slime made of mucins and protein threads. In this study we propose a link between flow behavior and defense mechanism of hagfish slime. Oscillatory rheological measurements reveal that hagfish sli...

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Published in:Sci Rep
Main Authors: Böni, Lukas, Fischer, Peter, Böcker, Lukas, Kuster, Simon, Rühs, Patrick A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4961968/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27460842
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep30371
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