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Peptide-Tetrapyrrole Supramolecular Self-Assemblies: State of the Art
Molecules, 2021 The covalent and noncovalent association of self-assembling peptides and tetrapyrroles was explored as a way to generate systems that mimic Nature’s functional supramolecular structures. Different types of peptides spontaneously assemble with porphyrins,
Paolo Dognini +3 more
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Peptide Self-Assemblies for Drug Delivery [PDF]
Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, 2015 Peptide amphiphiles (PAs) are novel engineered biomaterials able to self-assemble into supramolecular systems that have shown significant promise in drug delivery across the cell membane and across challenging biological barriers showing promise in the field of brain diseases, regenerative medicine and cancer. PAs are amino-acid block co-polymers, with
Moreira Leite, Diana +3 more
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Molecules, 2019 A novel type of self-assembling peptides has been developed by introducing the basic elastomeric β-turn units of elastin protein into the amphiphilic peptide molecules.
Meiwen Cao +4 more
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Cyclization and Self-Assembly of Cyclic Peptides
, 2021 Cyclic peptides are a fascinating class of molecules that can be programmed to fold or self-assemble into diverse mono- and multidimensional structures with potential applications in biomedicine, nanoelectronics, or catalysis. Herein we describe on-resin procedures to carry out head-to-tail peptide cyclization based on orthogonal protected linear ...
Méndez-Ardoy, Alejandro +3 more
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Self-Assembling Peptides: From Design to Biomedical Applications. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2021 Self-assembling peptides could be considered a novel class of agents able to harvest an array of micro/nanostructures that are highly attractive in the biomedical field. By modifying their amino acid composition, it is possible to mime several biological
La Manna S +3 more
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Solvent modulation in peptide sub-microfibers obtained by solution blow spinning
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022 Peptides possess high chemical diversity at the amino acid sequence level, which further translates into versatile functions. Peptides with self-assembling properties can be processed into diverse formats giving rise to bio-based materials. Peptide-based
Ana Margarida Gonçalves Carvalho Dias +10 more
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Self-assembly of peptides to nanostructures
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014 The formation of well-ordered nanostructures through self-assembly of diverse organic and inorganic building blocks has drawn much attention owing to their potential applications in biology and chemistry.
Mandal, Dindyal +2 more
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Bioinspired Ice Growth Inhibitors Based on Self-Assembling Peptides
, 2019 Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) are widely found in organisms living in subzero environments. Their strong ability to inhibit ice growth and recrystallization have inspired considerable bioinspired efforts to engineer artificial ice growth inhibitors for ...
Jianjun Wang (67330) +10 more
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Journal of Nucleic Acids, 2012 Multicomponent RNA-peptide complexes are attractive from the viewpoint of artificial design of functional biomacromolecular systems. We have developed self-folding and self-assembling RNAs that serve as templates to assist chemical ligation between two ...
Takahiro Tanaka +2 more
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mSphere, 2020 The rise of multidrug-resistant pathogens has awakened interest in new drug candidates such as antimicrobial peptides and their derivatives. Recent work suggests that some antimicrobial peptides have the ability to self-assemble into ordered amyloid-like
Lee Schnaider +5 more
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