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Tropoelastin

Known as: Tropoelastin [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A salt-soluble precursor of elastin. Lysyl oxidase is instrumental in converting it to elastin in connective tissue.
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2016
2016
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Electro-active Materials
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Electro-active Materials 
2015
2015
Development of a tropoelastin-binding MR contrast agent for in vivo imaging of impaired elastogenesis in atherosclerosis
Background Elastin is a primary component of the vessel wall and present in all elastic vessels such as the aorta and the… 
2002
2002
MOLECULAR ALTERATIONS OF TROPOELASTIN AND PROTEOGLYCANS INDUCED BY TOBACCO SMOKE EXTRACTS AND ULTRAVIOLET A IN CULTURED SKIN FIBROBLASTS
Review
1995
Review
1995
Ultrastructure of elastin.
Almost all structural studies on elastin have been done in higher vertebrates, in which it is organized as an extracellular… 
1982
1982
Kinetics of the incorporation of tropoelastin into elastic fibers in embryonic chick aorta.
Matrix-free cells isolated by enzymic digestion of chick embryo aortas were labeled with [14C]proline for 20 to 60 min and the… 
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1981
Highly Cited
1981
Modulation of tropoelastin production and elastin messenger ribonucleic acid activity in developing sheep lung.
During fetal development of the sheep lung, elastin content continually increases. For examination of the processes controlling… 
1980
1980
Evidence that tropoelastin is the primary precursor in elastin biosynthesis.
Tropoelastin, a 70,000-dalton protein, appears to be a soluble intermediate in the biosynthesis of insoluble elastin. Recently… 
1979
1979
Partial characterization of a tropoelastin precursor isolated from chick aorta.
Evidence is presented that indicates tropoelastin is derived from a soluble elastin with a molecular weight of 95000… 
1977
1977
Trypsin-like neutral protease associated with soluble elastin.
Isolation of tropoelastin is complicated by the presence of a neutral protease closely associated with tropoelastin that is… 
1977
1977
Evidence that tropoelastin exists as a random coil.
Cells isolated from the aortae of 17-day old embryonic chicks were incubated with [3H]valine in Krebs-Ringer medium and the…