Mimicking biopolymers on a molecular scale: nano(bio)technology based on engineered proteins

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1894, 2009, Pages 1727-1747

  Grunwald, Ingo ^a   Rischka, Klaus ^a   Kast, Stefan M ^b   Scheibel, Thomas ^c   Bargel, Hendrik ^c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED MATERIALS IFAM   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antifreeze proteins; Biosensors; Molecular biomimetics; Mytilus edulis foot proteins; Spider silk proteins; Viral ion channels

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMIMETICS; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOSENSORS; IONS; SILK; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR BIOMIMETICS; MYTILUS EDULIS FOOT PROTEINS; SPIDER SILK PROTEINS; VIRAL ION CHANNELS;

PROTEINS;

ADHESIVE PROTEIN, MUSSEL; ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; BIOMATERIAL; BIOPOLYMER; ION; PROTEIN;

ADHESION; ANIMAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUSSEL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SILK; SPIDER;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; IONS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MYTILUS EDULIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SILK; SPIDERS;

EID: 67149133194     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0012     Document Type: Article

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