title: Is newly-secreted elastin cleaved to a smaller molecule before being incorporated into crosslinked elastin fibers?
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004549:Elastin / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011498:Protein Precursors; D004549:Elastin