Recombinant expression and purification of coiled-coil bioelastomeric proteins from marine snail egg capsules

• Main Author: Tan, Raymond Yong Tai
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48426
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The egg capsules of Busycotypus canaliculatus, that protect the developing embryos from adverse environment conditions and predators, have very unique material properties. From previous studies, it was shown that these egg capsules possess high reversible extensibility and stiffness which has rapid...