Stages in tropoelastin coalescence during synthetic elastin hydrogel formation

Micron

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 268-272

  Tu, Yidong ^a   Wise, Steven G ^a   Weiss, Anthony S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elastin; Hydrogel; Macro assembly; Tropoelastin

Indexed keywords

COALESCED SPHERES; ELASTIC HYDROGELS; ELASTIN HYDROGELS; HYDROGEL FORMATION; IN-VITRO; MACRO-ASSEMBLY; POROUS STRUCTURES; PROTEIN CONCENTRATIONS; TROPOELASTIN;

COALESCENCE; GLYCOPROTEINS; MONOMERS; SPHERES;

HYDROGELS;

ELASTIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TROPOELASTIN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELASTIN; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TROPOELASTIN;

EID: 75949088524     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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