Protein-based biological materials: Molecular design and artificial production

A Miserez, J Yu, P Mohammadi - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymeric materials produced from fossil fuels have been intimately linked to the
development of industrial activities in the 20th century and, consequently, to the …

Resilin-mimetics as a smart biomaterial platform for biomedical applications

R Balu, NK Dutta, AK Dutta, NR Choudhury - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Intrinsically disordered proteins have dramatically changed the structure–function paradigm
of proteins in the 21st century. Resilin is a native elastic insect protein, which features …

Multifunctional materials through modular protein engineering

RL DiMarco, SC Heilshorn - Advanced Materials, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The diversity of potential applications for protein‐engineered materials has undergone
profound recent expansion through a rapid increase in the library of domains that have been …

Fibrous protein-based hydrogels for cell encapsulation

R Silva, B Fabry, AR Boccaccini - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
Tissue scaffolds play a vital role in tissue engineering by providing a native tissue-mimicking
environment for cells, with the aim to promote cell proliferation, proper cell differentiation …

Protein-based block copolymers

OS Rabotyagova, P Cebe, DL Kaplan - Biomacromolecules, 2011 - ACS Publications
Advances in genetic engineering have led to the synthesis of protein-based block
copolymers with control of chemistry and molecular weight, resulting in unique physical and …

Fibrous protein-based biomaterials (silk, keratin, elastin, and resilin proteins) for tissue regeneration and repair

F Costa, R Silva, AR Boccaccini - Peptides and proteins as biomaterials for …, 2018 - Elsevier
Tissue scaffolds are essential in tissue engineering approaches as they provide a tissue-
mimicking environment for cells, with the aim to promote cell proliferation, cell differentiation …

Resilin-like polypeptide hydrogels engineered for versatile biological function

L Li, Z Tong, X Jia, KL Kiick - Soft matter, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Natural resilin, the rubber-like protein that exists in specialized compartments of most
arthropods, possesses excellent mechanical properties such as low stiffness, high resilience …

Tunable mechanical stability and deformation response of a resilin-based elastomer

L Li, S Teller, RJ Clifton, X Jia, KL Kiick - Biomacromolecules, 2011 - ACS Publications
Resilin, the highly elastomeric protein found in specialized compartments of most
arthropods, possesses superior resilience and excellent high-frequency responsiveness …

Hydrophilic elastomeric biomaterials based on resilin-like polypeptides

MB Charati, JL Ifkovits, JA Burdick, JG Linhardt… - Soft matter, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
The production of complex, yet well defined materials offers many opportunities in
regenerative medicine, in which the mechanical and biological properties of the matrix must …

Resilin: protein-based elastomeric biomaterials

RSC Su, Y Kim, JC Liu - Acta Biomaterialia, 2014 - Elsevier
Resilin is an elastomeric protein found in insect cuticles and is remarkable for its high strain,
low stiffness, and high resilience. Since the first resilin sequence was identified in …