<i>De novo</i>designed coiled coils as scaffolds for lanthanides, including novel imaging agents with a twist
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چکیده
The design of artificial miniature lanthanide proteins, provide an opportunity to access new functional metalloproteins as well insight into native biochemistry.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Chemical Communications
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1359-7345', '1364-548X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cc02013g