Stimulus responsive elastin biopolymers: applications in medicine and biotechnology

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 652-657

  Chilkoti, Ashutosh ^a   Christensen, Trine ^a   MacKay, J Andrew ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; ELASTIN;

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE MATRIX; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMER PRODUCTION; PREDICTION; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ELASTIN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33751434981     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.10.010     Document Type: Review

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