Monitoring the formation of biosilica catalysed by histidine-tagged silicatein.
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Surface bound silicatein retains its biocatalytic activity, which was demonstrated by monitoring the immobilisation of silicatein using a histidine-tag chelating anchor and the subsequent biosilicification of SiO(2) on surfaces by surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Chemical communications
دوره 24 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004