SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE MATERIALS FOR JOINT RECONSTRUCTION, REPAIRAND CUSHIONING

摘要

In joint reconstruction, repair and cushioning applications, a synthetic polypeptide material is useful that contains cross-linked polypeptides that are modeled on human elastin or other fibrous proteins. The polypeptides com prise at least three consecutive beta-sheet/beta-turn structures and at leas t one amino acid residue that participates in cross-linking.