Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2011 · 109 citations · 18 references
EngineeringBioengineeringBiotechnologyGenetic EngineeringProtein EngineeringSynthetic BiologyProtein CharacterizationProtein DesignProtein-based Biomaterials
Smart protein: Careful design can yield novel biologically inspired materials that display advanced responsive behavior. A genetically engineered elastic protein displays both a lower and an upper critical solution temperature (LCST and UCST, see picture), and its photophysical behavior depends on solution pH value.
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