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Published on: April 17, 2014
Engineering of protein assemblies within cells
Tien K Nguyen1, Takafumi Ueno1
1Department of Life Science and Technology, School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan.
Abstract:
Recent achievements in development of protein assembles within cells have extended biosupramolecular composites into a new era with versatile applications in the fields of biomaterial and biotechnology. Using methods with biological and physicochemical routes has made this era of research more interesting and challenging. Further advances in protein engineering have facilitated efficient fabrication of supramolecular complexes within living cells. Here, we provide a review of recent efforts to engineer protein assemblies within cells and describe the promising properties of these assemblies.
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