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Self-assembling peptides and proteins for nanotechnological applications

2004; Elsevier BV; Volume: 14; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.sbi.2004.06.006

1879-033X

Karthikan Rajagopal, Joel P. Schneider,

Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Photolithography enables the precise construction of nanodevices in two-dimensional formats. However, self-assembly of designed molecules serves as an alternative for the construction of three-dimensional nanoscale systems and is particularly appealing in that material properties can potentially be engineered at the molecular level. Peptides and proteins hold promise as building blocks for self-assembled systems because of their exquisite three-dimensional structures and evolutionarily fine-tuned functions.