Interaction of collagen triple-helix with carbon nanotubes: Geometric property of rod-like molecules

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-9

  Kuboki, Yoshinori ^a   Terada, Michiko ^a   Kitagawa, Yoshimasa ^a   Abe, Shigeaki ^a   Uo, Motohiro ^a   Watari, Fumio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN MOLECULES; CONCENTRATION OF; DEGREE OF AGGREGATION; GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES; NATIVE COLLAGEN; RIGID RODS; STABLE SUSPENSIONS;

BIOMOLECULES; COLLAGEN; MOLECULES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TURBIDITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ALBUMIN; CARBON NANOTUBE; COLLAGEN FIBER; LYSOZYME;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; TRIPLE HELIX; TURBIDITY;

BINDING SITES; COLLAGEN; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING;

EID: 66249122730     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BME-2009-0557     Document Type: Article

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