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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 14.
Published in final edited form as: Biomacromolecules. 2011 Sep 30;12(11):3844–3850. doi: 10.1021/bm201165h

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Proposed two-step self-assembly of silk-elastin-like protein polymers. Step 1: spontaneous formation of micellar-like particles; step 2: thermal responsive self-assembly of the particles into reversible coacervates or irreversible gel states.