Morphological characterization of elastin-mimetic block copolymers utilizing cryo- and cryoetch-HRSEM

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 171-182

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

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Cryo high resolution scanning electron microscopy; Cryoetch; Elastin mimetic; Hydrogel

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; ELASTIN; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLY(LACTIC ACID ETHYLENE GLYCOL); POLY(LACTIC ACID-ETHYLENE GLYCOL); POLYMER; WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAMICROTOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYOULTRAMICROTOMY; ELASTIN; LACTATES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; WATER;

EID: 0037591438     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927603030150     Document Type: Article

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