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elastin

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elastin /elas·tin/ (e-las´tin) a yellow scleroprotein, the essential constituent of elastic connective tissue; it is brittle when dry, but when moist is flexible and elastic.
e·las·tin (-lstn)
n.
An elastic, fibrous mucoprotein, similar to collagen, and the major connective tissue protein of elastic fibers. Also called elasticin.

elastin
[ilas′tin]
Etymology: Gk, elaunein, to drive
a protein that forms the principal substance of yellow elastic tissue fibers.

elastin [e-las´tin]
a yellow scleroprotein, the essential constituent of elastic connective tissue; it is brittle when dry, but flexible and elastic when moist.

elastin
a yellow scleroprotein, the essential constituent of elastic connective tissue; it is brittle when dry, but flexible and elastic when moist.


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