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Genetic Engineering of Biomolecular Scaffolds for the Fabrication of Organic and Metallic Nanowires
Author(s) -
Ostrov Nili,
Gazit Ehud
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200906831
Subject(s) - nanowire , nanotechnology , monomer , nanoparticle , fabrication , materials science , chemistry , polymer , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , composite material
Naturally born nanowires : The spontaneous self‐assembly of the bacterial cytoskeletal protein FtsZ was used to position metal nanoparticles in an orderly fashion to fabricate a metal nanowire (see scheme). The genetic fusion of each monomer with an appropriate short protein motif enables the specific binding not only of nanoparticles, but also of other inorganic particles and biological molecules.