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THE present report describes the conversion of insoluble aorta elastin to a gel. Wood1 recently described the preparation of an elastin gel from a soluble protein derived from cattle ligamentum nuchæ. These observations may have some bearing on the relationship between collagen and elastin2–5.
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GRANT, N., ROBBINS, K. An Elastin Gel. Nature 185, 320 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185320a0
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