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ArticleMicrobial cell factories2010

Engineering building blocks for self-assembling protein nanoparticles.

Esther Vázquez, Antonio Villaverde

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Article in Microbial cell factories, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Green synthesis of gold nanoparticles using extracellular metabolites of fish gut microbes and their antimicrobial properties.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Esther VázquezInstitute for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.
Antonio Villaverde

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Like natural viruses, manmade protein cages for drug delivery are to be ideally formed by repetitive subunits with self-assembling properties, mimicking viral functions and molecular organization. Naturally formed nanostructures (such as viruses, flagella or simpler protein oligomers) can be engineered to acquire specific traits of interest in biomedicine, for instance through the addition of cell targeting agents for desired biodistribution and specific delivery of associated drugs. However, fully artificial constructs would be highly desirable regarding finest tuning and adaptation to precise therapeutic purposes. Although engineering of protein assembling is still in its infancy, arising principles and promising strategies of protein manipulation point out the rational construction of nanoscale protein cages as a feasible concept, reachable through conventional recombinant DNA technologies and microbial protein production.

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Drug Delivery SystemsHumansNanoparticlesNanotechnologyPharmaceutical PreparationsProtein EngineeringProteinsPharmaceutical PreparationsProteins

Identifiers

PMID21192790
PMCPMC3022712

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