Ultrastructural Changes Associated with Reversible Stiffening in Catch Connective Tissue of Sea Cucumbers.

The dermis of sea cucumbers is a catch connective tissue or a mutable collagenous tissue that shows rapid, large and reversible stiffness changes in response to stimulation. The main component of the dermis is the extracellular material composed of collagen fibrils embedded in a hydrogel of proteogl...

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Main Authors: Masaki Tamori, Kinji Ishida, Eri Matsuura, Katsutoshi Ogasawara, Tomohito Hanasaka, Yasuhiro Takehana, Tatsuo Motokawa, Tokuji Osawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0155673&type=printable
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