Elastin as a biomaterial for tissue engineering

Biomaterials

Volumn 28, Issue 30, 2007, Pages 4378-4398

  Daamen, W F ^a   Veerkamp, J H ^a   van Hest, J C M ^b   van Kuppevelt, T H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomaterial; Elastic fibre; Elastin; Review

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEINS; SELF ASSEMBLY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ELASTIC FIBERS; ELASTIN; LONG TERM STABILITY; STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

BIOMATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL; BIOPOLYMER; COPOLYMER; ELASTIN; TROPOELASTIN;

ALLOGRAFT; AUTOGRAFT; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOPHYSICS; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; ELASTIC FIBER; ELASTICITY; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; SKIN GRAFT; TISSUE ENGINEERING; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELASTIN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34547660313     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2007.06.025     Document Type: Review

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