Fungal hydrophobin proteins produce self-assembling protein films with diverse structure and chemical stability

Nanomaterials

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 827-843

  Lo, Victor C ^a   Ren, Qin ^a   Pham, Chi L L ^a   Morris, Vanessa K ^a   Kwan, Ann H ^a   Sunde, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphipathic; Film; Hydrophobin; Protein; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938809540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20794991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nano4030827     Document Type: Article

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