Design of nanostructured biological materials through self-assembly of peptides and proteins

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 865-871

  Zhang, Shuguang ^a   Marini, Davide M ^a   Hwang, Wonmuk ^a   Santoso, Steve ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; ION; METAL; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; SURFACTANT;

BINDING AFFINITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HYDROGEL; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURVIVAL; HYDROGELS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0036897817     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(02)00391-5     Document Type: Review

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