Forisomes: calcium-powered protein complexes with potential as 'smart' biomaterials

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-110

  Tuteja, Narendra ^a   Umate, Pavan ^a   van Bel, Aart J E ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PROTEINS; BIOMIMETIC DEVICES; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; FORISOME; HIGH ENERGY; IN-VITRO; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTICS; PHYSICAL ASPECTS; PROTEIN COMPLEXES; RADIAL EXPANSIONS; SELF-POWERED;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; DISPERSIONS; MILITARY ENGINEERING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PROTEINS; SIEVES;

CALCIUM;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BIOMATERIAL; CALCIUM; FORISOME PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANGIOSPERM; BARREL MEDIC; BIOMIMETICS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IN VITRO STUDY; LEGUME; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEA; PH; PHLOEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIEVE TUBE; VICIA FABA;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CALCIUM; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 74049153301     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2009.11.005     Document Type: Review

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