title: Materials science. Holding on by a hard-shell thread.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, and Institute for Bionanotechnology in Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. philm@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: Phillip B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Messersmith
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D004295:Dihydroxyphenylalanine / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D006244:Hardness; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D011506:Proteins; C037403:adhesive protein, mussel; D004295:Dihydroxyphenylalanine; D007501:Iron