Bioinspired polymeric materials: In-between proteins and plastics

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 681-687

  Barron, Annelise E ^a   Zuckerman, Ronald N ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; OLIGOMER; PLASTIC; POLYMER; PROTEIN;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOSYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REVIEW;

EID: 0032705431     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(99)00026-5     Document Type: Review

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