Elastin: A representative ideal protein elastomer

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1418, 2002, Pages 169-184

  Urry, D W ^a   Hugel, T ^a   Seitz, M ^a   Gaub, H E ^a   Sheiba, L ^a   Dea, J ^a   Xu, J ^a   Parker, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

spiral; Acoustic absorption; Atomic force microscopy; Dielectric relaxation; Entropic elasticity; Thermoelasticity

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

MAMMALIA;

ELASTIN; ELASTOMER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; ENTROPY; MACROMOLECULE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; ELASTIN; ELASTOMERS; ENTROPY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0037185945     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2001.1023     Document Type: Article

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