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Enzyme-Triggered Self-Assembly of Peptide Hydrogels via Reversed Hydrolysis

Sophie Toledano, Richard J. Williams, Vineetha Jayawarna, Rein V. Ulijn

Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2006 · 506 citations · 19 references

Concepts

Biopolymer GelHydrogelsEngineeringPeptide EngineeringSelf-assemblyPeptide SynthesisPeptide ScienceProtein EngineeringReversed HydrolysisPeptide HydrogelsBiomolecular Engineering

Abstract

We demonstrate that proteases can be used to selectively trigger the self-assembly of peptide hydrogels via reversed hydrolysis.

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