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">Hi Jim and Dusan,</div><div sty
On 10/9/2011 8:17 PM, James W. Wolford quoted:
>> Just as a follow up to my earlier e-mail, there is a lot of interest
>> from bio-material scientists in fact into the byssal thread protein.
>> The gene for this protein has been isolated and cloned and there is
>> interest from various fields into how to use the protein. Apparently
>> it is one of the strongest 'waterproof' proteins identified to date
>> and so there may be all sorts of applications for this material!
* yes, in the Great Lakes region, we use it to determine which Unionid
mussels have been infested with Zebra Mussels before they died. It's a
remarkably permanent indicator.
fred.
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