Nature’s grip: Unveiling the architecture and proteomics of the adhesive organ of a hill stream catfish, Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus

• Jitendra Kumar Sharma,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Skin Physiology Laboratory, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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• Arunima,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Zoology Section, Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

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• Usha Kumari,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Zoology Section, Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

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• Swati Mittal ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: drsmittal73@gmail.com

  Affiliation Skin Physiology Laboratory, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Zoology, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4150-4873

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• Ajay Kumar Mittal

  Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Retired Professor and Former Head of the Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, 9, Mani Nagar, Kandawa, Varanasi, India

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