From short peptides to nanofibers to macromolecular assemblies in biomedicine

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 593-603

  Loo, Yihua ^a   Zhang, Shuguang ^a   Hauser, Charlotte A E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Fibril formation; Hydrogels; Regenerative medicine; Self assembling peptide motifs; Supramolecular architecture

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; BROAD SPECTRUM; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; FIBRIL FORMATION; IN-SITU; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SELF-ASSEMBLING; SELF-ASSEMBLING PEPTIDES; SPONTANEOUS ASSEMBLY; SUPRAMOLECULAR ARCHITECTURES; SUPRAMOLECULAR SCAFFOLDS; SUPRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACIDS; CELL CULTURE; DRUG DELIVERY; HYDROGELS; NANOFIBERS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

PEPTIDES;

NANOFIBER; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DRUG; MEDICINE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PEPTIDE;

CHEMISTRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; NANOFIBERS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 84857506134     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2011.10.004     Document Type: Review

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