Self-Assembly and Hydrogelation of Peptide Amphiphiles
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Self-assembly and applications of biomimetic and bioactive peptide- amphiphiles
Peptide-amphiphiles are amphiphilic structures with a hydrophilic peptide headgroup that incorporates a bioactive sequence and has the potential to form distinct structures, and a hydrophobic tail that serves to align the headgroup, drive self-assembly, and induce secondary and tertiary conformations. In this paper we review the different self-assembled structures of peptide-amphiphiles that ra...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: MAKARA of Science Series
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1693-6671
DOI: 10.7454/mss.v16i1.1281