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Kaifu Liu1, Hiroyuki Asanuma1, Keiji Murayama1

  • 1Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8603, Japan.

概括

研究人员使用与胆固醇相关的非循环L-threoninol核酸 (L-aTNA) 开发了新的穿透膜的分子装置. 这些设备显示出生物传感器和人工器官的潜力,具有可控制的膜相互作用.

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