Structural disorder and dynamics of elastin

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-250

  Muiznieks, Lisa D ^a   Weiss, Anthony S ^b   Keeley, Fred W ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conformational disorder; Elastin; Flexibility; Structure

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONAL DISORDERS; ELASTIC RECOIL; ENTROPY-DRIVEN MECHANISMS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEIN; SELF-ASSEMBLING; STRUCTURAL DISORDERS; STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; TISSUE ELASTICITY;

GLYCOPROTEINS;

ELASTIN; GLUTENIN; GLYCINE; PROLINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TROPOELASTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA SHEET; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS LINKING; ELASTICITY; ENTROPY; EXON; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TELEOST; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ELASTIN; HUMANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77950609823     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: 12086002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O09-161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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