Protein fibers as performance proteins: New technologies and applications

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 427-433

  Scheibel, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROUS PROTEINS; ORGANISMS; PERFORMANCE PROTEINS; PROTEIN FIBERS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS; ELASTICITY; PERFORMANCE; TISSUE;

PROTEINS;

ACTIN; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; FIBRINOGEN; FLAGELLIN; KERATIN; MYOSIN; PILIN; PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROTECTION; ELASTICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; VIRION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEINS;

EID: 23444450224     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2005.05.005     Document Type: Review

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