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ArticleAdvanced functional materials2014

High Throughput Screening of Dynamic Silk-Elastin-Like Protein Biomaterials.

Qin Wang, Xiaoxia Xia, Wenwen Huang, Yinan Lin, Qiaobing Xu, David L Kaplan

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Article in Advanced functional materials, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Qin WangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, Massachusetts, 02155, United States.
Xiaoxia XiaState Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dong-Chuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China.
Wenwen HuangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, Massachusetts, 02155, United States.
Yinan LinDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, Massachusetts, 02155, United States.
Qiaobing XuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, Massachusetts, 02155, United States.
David L KaplanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, Massachusetts, 02155, United States.

Funding

Translational Bioreactors - Engineering Complex TissuesP41EB002520 · NIBIB · TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD · PI KAPLAN, DAVID L. · 2004 to 2018
$16.7M
Craniofacial Tissue EngineeringR01DE016525 · NIDCR · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI VUNJAK-NOVAKOVIC, GORDANA · 2005 to 2017
$5.5M
Electrotherapeutic strategies for connective tissue repairR01AR061988 · NIAMS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD · PI HUNG, CLARK T., KAPLAN, DAVID L. · 2011 to 2015
$3.3M
Tissue Engineering Cornea ReplacementsR01EY020856 · NEI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD · PI KAPLAN, DAVID L. · 2010 to 2016
$2.7M
Multifunctional Tropoelastin-Silk Biomaterial SystemsR01EB014283 · NIBIB · TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD · PI KAPLAN, DAVID L. · 2012 to 2015
$1.2M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY020856NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR061988NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB002520NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB014283NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE016525
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The need for dynamic, elastomeric polymeric biomaterials remains high, with few options with tunable control of mechanical properties, and environmental responses. Yet the diversity of these types of protein polymers pursued for biomaterials-related needs remains limited. Robust high-throughput synthesis and characterization methods will address the need to expand options for protein-polymers for a range of applications. To address this need, a combinatorial library approach with high throughput screening is used to select specific examples of dynamic protein silk-elastin-like polypeptides (SELPs) with unique stimuli responsive features, including tensile strength, and adhesion. Using this approach 64 different SELPs with different sequences and molecular weights are selected out of over 2,000 recombinant E. coli colonies. New understanding of sequence-function relationships with this family of proteins is gained through this combinatorial-screening approach and can provide a guide to future library designs. Further, this approach yields new families of SELPs to match specific material functions.

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high throughput screeninglibrary constructionphysical propertiessilk-elastin-like proteinsstimuli responses

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PMID25505375
PMCPMC4258412

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