Softenin, a Novel Protein That Softens the Connective Tissue of Sea Cucumbers through Inhibiting Interaction between Collagen Fibrils

Yasuhiro Takehana; Akira Yamada; Masaki Tamori; Tatsuo Motokawa

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0085644

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Softenin, a Novel Protein That Softens the Connective Tissue of Sea Cucumbers through Inhibiting Interaction between Collagen Fibrils

Yasuhiro Takehana ,

* E-mail: takehana.y.aa@m.titech.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Akira Yamada,

Affiliation Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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Masaki Tamori,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Tatsuo Motokawa

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Softenin, a Novel Protein That Softens the Connective Tissue of Sea Cucumbers through Inhibiting Interaction between Collagen Fibrils

Yasuhiro Takehana,
Akira Yamada,
Masaki Tamori,
Tatsuo Motokawa

Published: January 15, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085644

About the Authors

Yasuhiro Takehana

* E-mail: takehana.y.aa@m.titech.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Akira Yamada

Affiliation Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Masaki Tamori

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Tatsuo Motokawa

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YT AY MT TM. Performed the experiments: YT AY. Analyzed the data: YT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AY MT TM. Wrote the paper: YT AY MT TM.

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