Conference Proceedings
Functionalised fibrils for bio-nanotechnology
SL Gras, AM Squires, CM Dobson, CE MacPhee
Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Iconn | IEEE | Published : 2006
Abstract
Amyloid fibrils offer great potential as nano-materials. Functionalised fibrils assembled from peptides coupled to bioactive ligands interact specifically with cells compared to non-functionalized fibrils, suggesting that these fibrils are also promising bio-scaffolds. © 2006 IEEE.
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Funding Acknowledgements
We thank Dr Anna Tickler for peptide synthesis and mass spectrometry, Darerca Owen for cell culture facilities and Dr Filip Meersman and Professor Mike Horton for discussions. S.L.G. is funded by a Gates Cambridge Scholarship, C.M.D is funded by the Wellcome and Leverhulme Trusts and C.E.M. is a Royal Society University Research Fellow.