Elastomeric Proteins

Structures, Biomechanical Properties, and Biological Roles
Herausgeber: Bailey, Allen J.; Tatham, Arthur S.; Shewry, Peter R.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Comparison of structures and mechanisms of elastic proteins in relation to their biological roles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 600g
• ISBN-13: 9780521128483
• ISBN-10: 052112848X
• Artikelnr.: 28516076

Inhaltsangabe

1. The biology of elastic tissues R. McNeil Alexander
2. Elastic proteins: biological roles and mechanical properties J. Gosline
3. Elastin: a representative ideal protein elastomer D. W. Urry
4. Elastin as a self-organising biomaterial F. W. Keeley
5. Fibrillin: from microfibril assembly to biomechanical function C. M. Kielty
6. Biology of spider silks F. Vollrath
7. Sequences, structures and properties of spider silks R. Lewis
8. Structure and function of resilin Svend Olav Anderson
9. A marine bioelastomer: mussel byssus J. H. Waite
10. Gluten, the elastomeric protein of wheat seeds P. R. Shwry
11. Spectrin elasticity in red bllod cells G. H. Thomas and D. E. Discher
12. Viscoelastic properties of collagen P. Fratzl
13. Role of titin in vertebrate striated muscle J. Trinick
14. Biological liquid crystal elastomers D. P. Knight and F. Vollrath
15. Restraining cross-links in elastomeric proteins A. Bailey
16. Comparative structures and properties of elastic proteins A. S. Tatham and P. R. Shewry
17. Mechanical applications of elastic proteins J. Vincent.