Biomolecules: Subtle balance of tropoelastin molecular shape and flexibility regulates dynamics and hierarchical assembly

Science Advances

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Yeo, Giselle C ^a   Tarakanova, Anna ^b   Baldock, Clair ^c   Wise, Steven G ^d   Buehler, Markus J ^b   Weiss, Anthony S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d HEART RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

ASSEMBLY DYNAMICS; DISORDERED REGIONS; ELASTOMERIC PROTEINS; HIERARCHICAL ASSEMBLIES; MOLECULAR ORDERING; MOLECULAR SHAPES; STRUCTURAL EFFECT; STRUCTURAL MODULE;

ELASTIN;

ELASTIN; HYDROGEL; NANOMATERIAL; TROPOELASTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTICITY; EXON; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTICITY; ELASTIN; EXONS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NANOSTRUCTURES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TROPOELASTIN; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 85003909445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501145     Document Type: Article

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