Coacervation of tropoelastin

Advances in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 94-103

  Yeo, Giselle C ^a   Keeley, Fred W ^b   Weiss, Anthony S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coacervation; Elastin; Self assembly; Tropoelastin

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; ELASTIN; GLYCOPROTEINS; IONIC STRENGTH; MONOMERS; PHASE SEPARATION; SELF ASSEMBLY;

COACERVATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITIONS; COOPERATIVE INTERACTIONS; EXTERNAL CONDITIONS; FIBRILLAR STRUCTURES; HYDROPHILIC SEQUENCES; INVERSE TEMPERATURE TRANSITIONS; TROPOELASTIN;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

EID: 80052480334     PISSN: 00018686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2010.10.003     Document Type: Review

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