Tropoelastin retained structural and biological properties, including secondary structure and coacervation temperature, after fiber formation but was solubilized on exposure to an aqueous environment prior to cross-linking.
In more detail, we have successfully explored the possibility to expand the genetic code of E. coli and introduced the photoreactive UAA p-benzoyl-L-phenylalanine (pBpa), and showed that the mutated scFv antibody could be expressed in E. coli with retained structural and functional properties, as well as binding affinity.
We have described a preparation of Necturus maculosus gallbladder (NGB) epithelium yielding isolated cells that retain structural and functional polarity ("figure-eight" cells).
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There is strong conservation of the retinal binding site and other regions suggesting that they are derived from a common ancestor and diverged thereafter retaining structural and functional features [ 44].
Over the last few years, decellularized xenogenic and allogenic ECMs have started to be investigated for cartilage tissue engineering, because they retain structural and functional proteins and antibacterial activity, which has been shown within degradation products of biological scaffolds composed of extracellular matrix [ 37].
SynerGraft® (SG) decellularized cryopreserved cardiac valve allografts have been developed to provide a valve replacement option that has reduced antigenicity, retained structural integrity, and the ability to be stored long-term until needed for implantation.
After the elapse of these times, both 5HE and FPP retained structural stability for the subsequent 10000 ps in the presence of thermal fluctuation alone.
Although Sed4 has lost the ability to act as a Sar1 GEF (Saito-Nakano and Nakano 2000), it has retained structural similarity to Sec12, as suggested by homology modeling (supplementary fig. S16, Supplementary Material online).
The cross-section micrograph of the thermal emitter shows the ceramic-coated tungsten retained structural integrity after being subjected to 2,500 F (1,400 C) for one hour.
Tissue identity between biopsy and xenografts was confirmed by karyotypic profiles, which showed that each glioma xenograft retained structural abnormalities, including double minute chromosomes, present in the parent glioma.
