Mechanics of elastin: Molecular mechanism of biological elasticity and its relationship to contraction

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 543-559

  Urry, D W ^a,b   Parker, T M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Bioelastics Research Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; ELASTOMER; PHOSPHATE; POLYMER;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CALCULATION; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; ENERGY; ENTROPY; FORCE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; ELASTIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENTROPY; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0038245213     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023422925910     Document Type: Review

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