A self-assembling peptide RADA16-I integrated with spider fibroin uncrystalline motifs
Mechanical strength of nanofiber scaffolds formed by the self-assembling peptide RADA16-I or its derivatives is not very good and limits their application. To address this problem, we inserted spidroin uncrystalline motifs, which confer incomparable elasticity and hydrophobicity to spider silk GGAGG...
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| Language: | English |
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Dove Medical Press,
2014-07-01T12:36:57Z.
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