Nature Communications (Jun 2018)
Protein disorder–order interplay to guide the growth of hierarchical mineralized structures
- Sherif Elsharkawy,
- Maisoon Al-Jawad,
- Maria F. Pantano,
- Esther Tejeda-Montes,
- Khushbu Mehta,
- Hasan Jamal,
- Shweta Agarwal,
- Kseniya Shuturminska,
- Alistair Rice,
- Nadezda V. Tarakina,
- Rory M. Wilson,
- Andy J. Bushby,
- Matilde Alonso,
- Jose C. Rodriguez-Cabello,
- Ettore Barbieri,
- Armando del Río Hernández,
- Molly M. Stevens,
- Nicola M. Pugno,
- Paul Anderson,
- Alvaro Mata
Affiliations
- Sherif Elsharkawy
- Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London
- Maisoon Al-Jawad
- Institute of Dentistry, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London
- Maria F. Pantano
- Laboratory of Bio-Inspired and Graphene Nanomechanics, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento
- Esther Tejeda-Montes
- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London
- Khushbu Mehta
- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London
- Hasan Jamal
- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London
- Shweta Agarwal
- Department of Materials, Imperial College London
- Kseniya Shuturminska
- Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London
- Alistair Rice
- Department of Materials, Imperial College London
- Nadezda V. Tarakina
- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London
- Rory M. Wilson
- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London
- Andy J. Bushby
- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London
- Matilde Alonso
- G.I.R. Bioforge, University of Valladolid, CIBER-BBN
- Jose C. Rodriguez-Cabello
- G.I.R. Bioforge, University of Valladolid, CIBER-BBN
- Ettore Barbieri
- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London
- Armando del Río Hernández
- Department of Materials, Imperial College London
- Molly M. Stevens
- Department of Materials, Imperial College London
- Nicola M. Pugno
- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London
- Paul Anderson
- Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London
- Alvaro Mata
- Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary University of London
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04319-0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
There is evidence that disordered proteins play a role in the mineralization process. Here, the authors report on the development of elastin-like recombinant protein membranes using disordered-ordered interplay to investigate and guide mineralization.
