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Washington, DC. Reprinted in Bulletin from Johnny Cake Hill (Old Dartmouth Historical
Society) 1965–66 (Winter):4–11
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Strahan R (1963) The behavior of myxinoids. Acta Zool 44:73–102
Strelkov SV, Herrmann H, Geisler N et al (2001) Divide–and–conquer crystallographic approach
towards an atomic structure of intermediate fi laments. J Mol Biol 306:773–781
Strelkov SV, Herrmann H, Aebi U (2003) Molecular architecture of intermediate fi laments.
Bioessays 25:243–251
Subramanian S, Ross NW, MacKinnon SL (2008) Comparison of the biochemical composition of
normal epidermal mucus and extruded slime of hagfi sh ( Myxine glutinosa L.). Fish Shellfi sh
Immunol 25:625–632
Sumich JL (2001) Growth of baleen of a rehabilitating gray whale calf. Aquat Mamm 27:234–238
Szewciw LJ, de Kerckhove DG, Grime GW et al (2010) Calcifi cation provides mechanical reinforcement to whale baleen α-keratin. Proc R Soc B 277(1694):2597–2605, by permission of
the Royal Society
Terakado K, Ogawa M, Hashimoto Y, Matsuzaki H (1975) Ultrastructure of the thread cells in the
slime gland of Japanese hagfi shes, Paramyxine atami and Eptatretus burger . Cell Tissue Res
159:311–323
Toni M et al (2007) Reprinted with permission from Toni M et al (2007) Hard (beta-)keratins in the
epidermis of reptiles: composition, sequence, and molecular organization. J Proteome Res
6(9):3377–3392. Copyright © 2007, American Chemical Society
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Utrecht WLV (1965) On the growth of the baleen plate of the fi n whale and the blue whale. Bijdr
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Van Dyke ME (2012) Wound healing compositions containing keratin biomaterials. United States
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strength and self-repair in intermediate fi lament networks. Exp Cell Res 313(10):2228–2235.
Copyright (2007), with permission from Elsevier
Wang N, Stamenovic D (2000) Contribution of intermediate fi laments to cell stiffness, stiffening,
and growth. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 279:C188–C194
Werth AJ (2001) How do mysticetes remove prey trapped in baleen? Bull Mus Comp Zool
156:189–203
Windoffer R, Beil M, Magin TM et al (2011) Cytoskeleton in motion: the dynamics of keratin
intermediate fi laments in epithelia. JCB 194(5):669–678. © 2011 Windoffer et al. Reprinted
with permission
Winegard TM, Fudge DS (2010) Deployment of hagfi sh slime thread skeins requires the transmission of mixing forces via mucin strands. J Exp Biol 213:1235–1240
Yamada S, Wirtz D, Coulombe PA (2003) The mechanical properties of simple epithelial keratins
8 and 18: discriminating between interfacial and bulk elasticities. J Struct Biol 143:45–55
Ye C et al (2010) With kind permission from Springer Science+Business Media: Ye C, Wu X,
Yan P et al (2010) beta-Keratins in crocodiles reveal amino acid homology with avian keratins.
Mol Biol Rep 37(3):1169–1174. Copyright © 2009, Springer Science+Business Media B.V
Yin H, Dong B, Liu X et al (2012) Amorphous diamond-structured photonic crystal in the feather
barbs of the scarlet macaw. PNAS 109:10798–10801. Reprinted with permission
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