充電された表面でのアメロゲニンの組み立てと分解のダイナミクスに関するin situ AFMの研究は,マトリックスタンパク質の自己組み立てに関する洞察を提供します

Chun-Long Chen1, Keith M Bromley, Janet Moradian-Oldak

  • 1The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.

まとめ

原子力顕微鏡を用いて電荷された表面でアメロゲニンの自己組み立てを調査すると,硬組織工学と鉱化に不可欠な基板依存の経路が明らかになる.

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