An extracellular matrix part that consists of an insoluble core of polymerized tropoelastin monomers and a surrounding mantle of microfibrils.
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Examples for "elastic fiber"
Examples for "elastic fiber"
1This produces an elastic fiber intermediate in stiffness between twine and whalebone.
2Fibulin-4 is an extracellular matrix protein essential for elastic fiber formation.
3The functional relationship between ABCC6 and elastic fiber calcification is unknown.
4Mechanical forces associated with cell movement help shape the forming, extracellular elastic fiber network.
5Direct binding of the drug to collagen precursors also affects elastic fiber assemblage and maturation.
1The lungs were removed and examined for defects in elastin fiber formation.
2Elastin fiber density is unchanged in the glaucomatous nerve heads that we studied.
3PGS nanofibers are an inexpensive and synthetic material that mimics the chemical and mechanical environment provided by elastin fibers.
4Its normal circulating concentration functions to maintain the elasticity of the lung by preventing the hydrolytic destruction of elastin fibers.
5It may also partly be due to an increase of elastin fibers in the dermis through the stimulation of fibroblast activity.
1Still there is an age-dependent increase of elastic fibre surface density, mostly due to an alteration of the fibres.
2Any number of these are strung at pleasure upon the long elastic fibre that traverses the branches of the cocoanut tree.
3Taken together, we conclude that domains 16-17 are important for self-association of tropoelastin and elastic fibre formation.
4Heterozygote carriers had changes in dermal elastic fibre organization, morphology and labelling midway between those seen in PXE skin and normal skin.
5This study is the first to discover that domains of elastin play an essential role in elastic fibre formation by facilitating homotypic interactions.
Translations for yellow fiber