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SUBMITTER: van Eldijk MB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3733241 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Topics in current chemistry 20120101
Elastomeric polypeptides are very interesting biopolymers and are characterized by rubber-like elasticity, large extensibility before rupture, reversible deformation without loss of energy, and high resilience upon stretching. Their useful properties have motivated their use in a wide variety of materials and biological applications. This chapter focuses on elastin and resilin - two elastomeric biopolymers - and the recombinant polypeptides derived from them (elastin-like polypeptides and resili ...[more]