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Definition of Elastin

1. Noun. A fibrous scleroprotein found in elastic tissues such as the walls of arteries.

Definition of Elastin

1. n. A nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very insoluble in most fluids, but is gradually dissolved when digested with either pepsin or trypsin.

Definition of Elastin

1. Noun. (protein) A protein, similar to collagen, found in connective tissue, that has elastic properties. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Elastin

1. a bodily protein [n -S]

Medical Definition of Elastin

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)

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Literary usage of Elastin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Chemical Physiology and Pathology by William Dobinson Halliburton (1891)
"The elastin granules make their e first in the neighbourhood of the cells ... elastin Preparation.—As usually described elastin is an albuminoid substance ..."

2. A Text-book of physiological chemistry by Olof Hammarsten, John Alfred Mandel (1908)
"elastin occurs in the connective tissue of higher animals, sometimes in such large ... elastin used to be generally considered as a sulphur-free substance. ..."

3. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Gustav Mann, Walther Löb, Henry William Frederic Lorenz, Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker, Thomas Jeffery Parker, Harry Clary Jones, Sunao Tawara, Leverett White Brownell, Max Julius Louis Le Blanc, Willis Rodney Whitney, John Wesley Brown, Wi (1906)
"an elastin if judged by its composition and its properties, but is almost as insoluble as is keratin, and has therefore been called kerato- elastin by ..."

4. A Laboratory manual of physiological chemistry by Elbert William Rockwood (1899)
"elastin. elastin occurs in the connective tissues,—in the cervical ligament ... Prepare elastin from the cervical ligament of an ox by cutting it into thin ..."

5. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry by Olof Hammarsten, Sven Gustaf Hedin (1914)
"The question whether elastin is a unit body still remains open. ... From an elastin proteose, WECHSLER* obtained 1.86 per cent arginine, 0.5 per cent, ..."

6. A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body: Including an by Arthur Gamgee (1893)
"The subject requires investigating anew. 4. Digestion of elastin. ... The Author finds that the solution of elastin, purified as perfectly as possible, ..."

7. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1908)
"Collagen and elastin broken up with diffuse cell-infiltration, b. Sweat-coils and ducts with infiltration, ..."

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