The glass point of elastin.
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- 1 September 1975
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 72 (9) , 3505-3507
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.72.9.3505
Abstract
Elastin undergoes a glass transition in a temperature range depends on its water content. This behavior is similar to that of amorphous polymers swollen with solvent and, therefore, is additional evidence for the random network model proposed for the structure of elastin.Keywords
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