Patent ID: 7179487

Claim:
A composition comprising a polymeric network consisting essentially of a water soluble polymer crosslinked by a protein domain having a coiled-coil structure, wherein said water soluble polymer is a member selected from the group consisting of copolymers of N-substituted methacrylamides, copolymers of N,N-disubstitued acrylamides, hydrophilic esters of methacrylic or acrylic acid, N-vinylpyrrolidone, N-acryloylmorpholine, sulfoethylmethacrylate, acrylic and methacrylic acid, di-block copolymers of polyethylene oxide (PEO) and polypropylene oxide (PPO), and tri-block copolymers of polyethylene oxide (PEO) and polypropylene oxide (PPO).