Polyprotein of GB1 is an ideal artificial elastomeric protein

Nature Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-114

  Cao, Yi ^a   Li, Hongbin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOMERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; RELIABILITY;

ARTIFICIAL ELASTOMERIC PROTEIN; MOLECULAR SPRINGS; POLYPROTEINS; RELAXATION CYCLES;

PROTEINS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; ELASTOMER; POLYPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING; SYNTHESIS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; ELASTOMERS; KINETICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYPROTEINS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN FOLDING;

EID: 33846666463     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1825     Document Type: Article

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