Polymorphisms in the Human Tropoelastin Gene Modify In Vitro Self-Assembly and Mechanical Properties of Elastin-Like Polypeptides

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  He, David ^a,b   Miao, Ming ^a   Sitarz, Eva E ^a   Muiznieks, Lisa D ^a   Reichheld, Sean ^a   Stahl, Richard J ^a   Keeley, Fred W ^a,b   Parkinson, John ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; TROPOELASTIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CROSS LINKING; DNA MODIFICATION; ELASTIC FIBER; ELASTIN GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MODIFIER GENE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TROPOELASTIN GENE;

EID: 84866651409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046130     Document Type: Article

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