Mechanism of resilin elasticity

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Qin, Guokui ^a   Hu, Xiao ^a   Cebe, Peggy ^a   Kaplan, David L ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMER; POLYMER; PROTEIN; RESILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELASTICITY; ENERGY; EXON; IN VIVO STUDY; MICELLE; NANOPORE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84866089438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2004     Document Type: Article

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