Exon 26-coded polypeptide: An isolated hydrophobic domain of human tropoelastin able to self-assemble in vitro

Matrix Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 441-450

  Pepe, Antonietta ^a   Flamia, Roberta ^a   Guerra, Deanna ^b   Quaglino, Daniela ^b   Bochicchio, Brigida ^a   Pasquali Ronchetti, Ivonne ^b   Tamburro, Antonio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coacervation; Elastin; Self assembling; Supramolecular structures

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; TROPOELASTIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; EXON; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EXONS; HEAT; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE; TRIFLUOROETHANOL; TROPOELASTIN;

EID: 45049084933     PISSN: 0945053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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