Biochemistry of tropoelastin: functional analysis of an essential cell-interactive domain

弹性蛋白比最好的人造合成橡胶耐用十倍，因为我们的身体需要控制皮肤、动脉和肺部危及生命的撕裂。温血动物利用弹性蛋白在这些组织中为多种生物环境构建了具有弹性的弹性材料。在这个项目中，我们将了解更多关于弹性蛋白的最保存和功能部分。这些发现将增加我们对弹性蛋白质结构的宏伟建筑规则的理解。我们将学习在弹性环境中管理细胞相互作用的新方法，并定义设计规则，以帮助未来设计新的细胞结合，弹性复合材料。

Elastin is ten times more durable than the best man-made synthetic rubbers because our bodies need to control life-threatening rips in skin, artery and lung. Warm-blooded animals use elastin to build diversely shaped elastic materials for multiple biological environments in these tissues. In this project, we will learn a lot more about the most preserved and functional part of elastin. These discoveries will increase our understanding of the grand architectural rules by which elastic protein-based structures are made. We will learn new ways to manage cell interactions in an elastic environment and define design rules to assist in the future design of new cell-binding, elastic, composite materials.