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IN this laboratory we have been interested in the existence of a possible soluble precursor of insoluble elastin (tropoelastin) analogous to tropocollagen. However, since elastin has no enzyme activity and does not possess a specific amino-acid, such as occurs in collagen, no simple method was available to detect this protein in the presence of large amounts of other proteins, which are found in tissue extracts.
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JACKSON, D., SANDBERG, L. & CLEARY, E. Antigenic Properties of Soluble Elastins and their Use in Detecting Soluble Elastin in Ligament Extracts. Nature 210, 195–196 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210195a0
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