TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shewry,P.R.
AU  - Tatham,Arthur S.
AU  - Bailey,Allen J.
TI  - Elastomeric proteins: structures, biomechanical properties, and biological roles 
SN  - 9780511546327 (ebook)
AV  - QP552.E4 E437 2003
U1  - 572/.6 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Elastin
KW  - Gluten
KW  - Muscle proteins
KW  - Elastomers
KW  - Proteins
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); 1; Functions of Elastomeric Proteins in Animals; R. McNeill Alexander --; 2; Elastic Proteins: Biological Roles and Mechanical Properties; John Gosline, Margo Lillie, Emily Carrington, Paul Guerette, Christine Ortlepp and Ken Savage --; 3; Elastin as a Self-Assembling Biomaterial; C.M. Bellingham and F.W. Keeley --; 4; Ideal Protein Elasticity: The Elastin Models; D.W. Urry, T. Hugel, M. Seitz, H. Gaub, L. Sheiba, J. Dea, J. Xu, L. Hayes, F. Prochazka and T. Parker --; 5; Fibrillin: From Microfibril Assembly to Biomechanical Function; Cay M. Kielty, Clair Baldock, Michael J. Sherratt, Matthew J. Rock, David Lee and C. Adrian Shuttleworth --; 6; Spinning an Elastic Ribbon of Spider Silk; David P. Knight and Fritz Vollrath
N2  - This book was originally published in 2002. Elastic proteins occur in a wide range of biological systems where they have evolved to fulfil precise biological roles. The best known include proteins in vertebrate muscles and connective tissues, such as titin, elastin and fibrillin, and spider silks. However, other examples include byssus and abductin from bivalve molluscs, resilin from arthropods and gluten from wheat. Interest in elastomeric proteins has been high for several reasons. Firstly, their biological and medical significance, particularly in human disease. Secondly, the unusual properties of proteins such as spider silks provide opportunities to develop materials. Thirdly, the development of scanning probe microscopy makes it possible to study structures and biomechanical properties of these proteins at the single molecule level. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the various aspects of elastomeric proteins
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511546327
ER  -