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Diagram of human tropoelastin domains and frequently found motifs. Exon 1 (S) represents the signaling peptide, and exon 36 represents the C-terminal domain [5]. The unique hydrophilic domain is encoded by exon 26a [6]. Human tropoelastin lacks exons 34 and 35
