Constructing biomaterials using self-assembling peptide building blocks |
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Authors: | Sheng Lu and P Chen |
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Affiliation: | (1) Instituto de Astrof?sica de Canarias, 38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain;(2) Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica di Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy;(3) Actinium Chemical Research, 00133 Rome, Italy |
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Abstract: | Molecular self-assembly is ubiquitous in nature and has recently emerged as a new bottom-up approach in constructing biomaterials.
Synthetic peptides assemble through specific molecular recognition and form diverse nanostructures. The resulting versatile
peptide self-assemblies may be used in a wide range of biological and medical applications. Examples of two self-assembling
peptide systems are presented and techniques for self-assembly control are discussed. |
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