Ultrasmall peptides self-assemble into diverse nanostructures: Morphological evaluation and potential implications anupama

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5736-5746

  Lakshmanan, Anupama ^a   Hauser, Charlotte A E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Nanotechnology; Origin of life; Self assembly; Supramolecular structures; Ultrasmall peptides

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; NANOMATERIAL; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE NANOTUBE;

ACCURACY; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOSENSOR; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOANALYSIS; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; NANODEVICE; NANOENCAPSULATION; NANOFABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACIDS, AROMATIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 80053200885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms12095736     Document Type: Article

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