Elastomeric proteins : structures, biomechanical properties, and biological roles / edited by Peter R. Shewry, Arthur S. Tatham, Allen J. Bailey. — New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. – (58.174211/E37e) |
Contents
Contents
Preface
Contributors
1 Functions of Elastomeric Proteins in Animals
2 Elastic Proteins: Biological Roles and Mechanical Properties
3 Elastin as a Self-Assembling Biomaterial
4 Ideal Protein Elasticity: The Elastin Models
5 Fibrillin: From Microfibril Assembly to Biomechanical Function
6 Spinning an Elastic Ribbon of Spider Silk
7 Sequences, Structures, and Properties of Spider Silks
8 The Nature of Some Spiders' Silks
9 Collagen: Hierarchical Structure and Viscoelastic Properties of Tendon
10 Collagens with Elastin- and Silk-like Domains
11 Conformational Compliance of Spectrins in Membrane Deformation, Morphogenesis, and Signalling
12 Giant Protein Titin: Structural and Functional Aspects
13 Structure and Function of Resilin
14 Gluten, the Elastomeric Protein of Wheat Seeds
15 Biological Liquid Crystal Elastomers
16 Restraining Cross-Links in Elastomeric Proteins
17 Comparative Structures and Properties of Elastic Proteins
18 Mechanical Applications of Elastomeric Proteins - A Biomimetic Approach
19 Biomimetics of Elastomeric Proteins in Medicine
Index