Peptides as novel smart materials

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 453-463

  Fairman, Robert ^a   Åkerfeldt, Karin S ^a  

^a HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; HYBRID PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; SURFACTANT;

ALPHA HELIX; ATOM; BETA SHEET; BIOMINERALIZATION; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; FIBER; GEL; GENE TARGETING; HYBRIDIZATION; HYDROGEL; IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HYDROGELS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 23044431605     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2005.07.005     Document Type: Review

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