Hybrid hydrogels assembled from synthetic polymers and coiled-coil protein domains

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6718, 1999, Pages 417-420

  Wang, Chun ^a   Stewart, Russell J ^a   Kopeček, Jindr̃ich ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; HYBRIDIZATION; HYDROGEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACRYLAMIDES; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VECTORS; HYDROGELS; KINESIN; METHACRYLATES; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; POLYMERS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 0033521939     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/17092     Document Type: Article

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