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Proteinase-mediated drastic morphological change of peptide–amphiphile to induce supramolecular hydrogelation

Daisuke Koda, Tatsuo Maruyama, Nami Minakuchi, Kazunori Nakashima, Masahiro Goto

Chemical Communications · 2009 · 79 citations · 26 references

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We report a novel peptide-amphiphile having a simple molecular structure that can gelate an aqueous solution at a remarkably low concentration and can be designed to be responsive to a disease-related enzyme by undergoing a drastic morphological change.

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