Designed biomaterials to mimic the mechanical properties of muscles

Nature

Volumn 465, Issue 7294, 2010, Pages 69-73

  Lv, Shanshan ^a   Dudek, Daniel M ^a,b   Cao, Yi ^a   Balamurali, M M ^a   Gosline, John ^a   Li, Hongbin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CONNECTIN; ELASTOMER; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELASTICITY; MIMICRY; MUSCLE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN; RESILIENCE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CROSS LINKING; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SARCOMERE; SARCOMERE LENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; BIOPOLYMERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELASTICITY; MUSCLE PROTEINS; POLYPROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77952079235     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09024     Document Type: Article

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