Self-assembly of block copolymers derived from elastin-mimetic polypeptide sequences

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1057-1073

  Wright, Elizabeth R ^a   Conticello, Vincent P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Elastin; Genetic engineering; Hydrogel; Nanoparticle; Protein polymer

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MACROMOLECULES; POLYMERS; POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS; TISSUE;

HYDROPHOBIC BLOCKS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

BIOMATERIAL; COPOLYMER; ELASTIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MACROMOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037131001     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-409X(02)00059-5     Document Type: Article

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