Self-assembly of short peptides to form hydrogels: Design of building blocks, physical properties and technological applications

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1671-1682

  Fichman, Galit ^a   Gazit, Ehud ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hydrogels; Molecular recognition; Peptide biomaterials; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CROSSLINKING; GELS; HYDROGELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MOLECULES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SCAFFOLDS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

BUILDING BLOCKES; CHEMICAL CROSS-LINKING; DESIGN OF BUILDINGS; HYDROGELATORS; MOLECULAR NETWORKS; NON-COVALENT INTERACTION; PEPTIDE BIOMATERIAL; PHYSICAL GEL; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; WATER MOLECULE;

PEPTIDES;

AMINO ACID; ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; DIPEPTIDE; DOXORUBICIN; NANOFIBER; NANOPARTICLE; PENTAPEPTIDE; PHENYLALANINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVE; TETRAPEPTIDE; THERMOLYSIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BETA SHEET; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPREADING; CELL VIABILITY; CHIRALITY; CHROMATOPHORE; CROSS LINKING; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENERGY TRANSFER; GELATION; HYDROGEL; HYDROGELATION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PH; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVIEW; STATIC ELECTRICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HYDROGELS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PEPTIDE BIOMATERIALS; SELF-ASSEMBLY;

BIOMIMETICS; HYDROGELS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PEPTIDES; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84896388772     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2013.08.013     Document Type: Review

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