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Formation of Ordered Biomolecular Structures by the Self-assembly of Short Peptides
Published on: November 21, 2013
Design of nanostructured biological materials through self-assembly of peptides and proteins
Shuguang Zhang1, Davide M Marini, Wonmuk Hwang
1Center for Biomedical Engineering, 56-341 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA. shuguang@mit.edu
Current Opinion in Chemical Biology
|December 10, 2002
Abstract:
Several self-assembling peptide and protein systems that form nanotubes, helical ribbons and fibrous scaffolds have recently emerged as biological materials. Peptides and proteins have also been selected to bind metals, semiconductors and ions, inspiring the design of new materials for a wide range of applications in nano-biotechnology.

