Controlling stiffness in nanostructured hydrogels produced by enzymatic dephosphorylation

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 660-664

  Thornton, Kate ^a   Smith, Andrew M ^a   Merry, Catherine L R ^a   Ulijn, Rein V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Hydrogel; Nanostructure; Phosphatase; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; NANOMATERIAL; ENZYME; PHOSPHATASE;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GELATION; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; RIGIDITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ENZYMES; HYDROGELS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 70349333612     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0370660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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