Fabrication of novel biomaterials through molecular self-assembly

By Shuguang Zhang. Nature Biotechnology, 2003

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Viruses and their uses in nanotechnology (2006, background): “Bacteriophages have also been explored for their dynamic, elastic properties and ability to undergo dramatic rearrangements in the coat proteins [Ivanovska et al., 2004; Zhang, 2003].”
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