A comparative study of the swelling and mechanical properties of vertebrate elastins
The swelling-temperature compensation hypothesis as proposed by Gosline and French (1979) is examined by investigating the physical and mechanical properties of an evolutionary series of vertebrate elastins. Temperature-dependent swelling, low water contents and thermodynamics typical of hydrophobi...
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University of British Columbia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27856 |