Magnetic resonance imaging of self-assembled biomaterial scaffolds

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1343-1348

  Bull, Steve R ^a   Guler, Mustafa O ^a   Bras, Rafael E ^c   Venkatasubramanian, Palamadai N ^b   Stupp, Samuel I ^a,c,d   Meade, Thomas J ^a,d  

^a Northwestern Healthcare   (United States)

^b EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILES; BIOMATERIALS; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; EPITOPES; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEPTIDES; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

'CURRENT; BIOMATERIAL SCAFFOLDS; DRUG DELIVERY APPLICATIONS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MR-IMAGES; PEPTIDE AMPHIPHILES; PEPTIDE EPITOPES; SELF-ASSEMBLING PEPTIDES; TISSUES ENGINEERINGS;

NANOFIBERS;

AMPHOPHILE; BIOMATERIAL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; EPITOPE; GADOLINIUM; NANOPARTICLE; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; GEL; IN VITRO STUDY; MATERIAL STATE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SYNTHESIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 27944461032     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc050153h     Document Type: Article

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