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ArticleScientific reports2020

Improvements in the production of purified M13 bacteriophage bio-nanoparticle.

Paolo Passaretti, Inam Khan, Timothy R Dafforn, Pola Goldberg Oppenheimer

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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4 authors.

Paolo PassarettiInstitute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. p.passaretti@bham.ac.uk.
Inam KhanSchool of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Timothy R DaffornSchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Pola Goldberg OppenheimerSchool of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 174ISSFPP
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

M13 bacteriophage is a well-established versatile nano-building block, which can be employed to produce novel self-assembled functional materials and devices. Sufficient production and scalability of the M13, often require a large quantity of the virus and thus, improved propagation methods characterised by high capacity and degree of purity are essential. Currently, the 'gold-standard' is represented by infecting Escherichia coli cultures, followed by precipitation with polyethylene glycol (PEG). However, this is considerably flawed by the accumulation of contaminant PEG inside the freshly produced stocks, potentially hampering the reactivity of the individual M13 filaments. Our study demonstrates the effectiveness of implementing an isoelectric precipitation procedure to reduce the residual PEG along with FT-IR spectroscopy as a rapid, convenient and effective analytic validation method to detect the presence of this contaminant in freshly prepared M13 stocks.

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Bacteriophage M13Chemical PrecipitationEscherichia coliNanoparticlesPolyethylene GlycolsSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredPolyethylene Glycols

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PMID33122639
PMCPMC7596064

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