Interfacial assembly of protein-polymer nano-conjugates into stimulus-responsive biomimetic protocells

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Huang, Xin ^a   Li, Mei ^a   Green, David C ^a   Williams, David S ^a   Patil, Avinash J ^a   Mann, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; NANOCONJUGATE; OIL; POLYMER; PROTEIN; WATER;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENCAPSULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTERFACE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; ELASTICITY; ENCAPSULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ARTIFICIAL CELLS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CATALYSIS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DRUG COMPOUNDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PERMEABILITY; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 84881335903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3239     Document Type: Article

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