Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 103-112 , June 2006

Fabrication of biofunctional nanomaterials via Escherichia coli OmpF protein air/water interface insertion/integration with copolymeric amphiphiles

  • Dean Ho, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California at Los Angeles, 7523 Boelter Hall, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, California 90095.
    • ,
  • Stacy Chang, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Carlo D. Montemagno, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Received 23 September 2005 ,Accepted 22 December 2005.

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 The authors gratefully thank the T. Schirmer group at the Division of Structural Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland for the OmpF plasmid.

PII: S1549-9634(06)00009-8

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2005.12.004

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 103-112 , June 2006

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