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ArticleScientific reports2013

Directed self-assembly of proteins into discrete radial patterns.

Garima Thakur, Kovur Prashanthi, Thomas Thundat

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Article in Scientific reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 authors.

Garima ThakurDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Kovur Prashanthi
Thomas Thundat

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unlike physical patterning of materials at nanometer scale, manipulating soft matter such as biomolecules into patterns is still in its infancy. Self-assembled monolayer (SAM) with surface density gradient has the capability to drive biomolecules in specific directions to create hierarchical and discrete structures. Here, we report on a two-step process of self-assembly of the human serum albumin (HSA) protein into discrete ring structures based on density gradient of SAM. The methodology involves first creating a 2-dimensional (2D) polyethylene glycol (PEG) islands with responsive carboxyl functionalities. Incubation of proteins on such pre-patterned surfaces results in direct self-assembly of protein molecules around PEG islands. Immobilization and adsorption of protein on such structures over time evolve into the self-assembled patterns.

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Protein MultimerizationHumansMicroscopy, Atomic ForceModels, MolecularPolyethylene GlycolsProtein BindingProtein ConformationProteinsSerum AlbuminSurface PropertiesPolyethylene GlycolsProteinsSerum Albumin

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PMID23719678
PMCPMC3667488

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