Medical Definition of Elasticin

1. Glycoprotein (70 kD) randomly coiled and cross linked to form elastic fibres that are found in connective tissue. Like collagen, the amino acid composition is unusual with 30% of residues being glycine and with a high proline content. Cross linking depends upon formation of desmosine from four lysine side groups. The mechanical properties of elastin are poorer in old animals. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elasticin

elasmobranchiate
elasmobranchii
Elasmobranchii
elasmobranchs
elasmosaurus
elastance
elastance
elastance unit
elastase
elastase
elastases
elastic
elastic
elastica
elastically
elasticin (current term)
elasticised
elasticities
elasticity
elasticity
elasticity of shear
elasticized
elasticoviscous
elastics
elastic artery
elastic band
elastic bandage
elastic bandage
elastic band fixation
elastic bougie

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