Volume 119, Issue 29 pp. 5606-5610
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Hierarchical Self-Assembly of One-Dimensional Streptavidin Bundles as a Collagen Mimetic for the Biomineralization of Calcite

Sabina Burazerovic

Sabina Burazerovic

Institute of Chemistry, University of Neuchâtel, Av. Bellevaux 51, CP 158, 2009 Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Fax: (+41) 327-182-516 http://www.unine.ch/chw

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Julieta Gradinaru Dr.

Julieta Gradinaru Dr.

Institute of Chemistry, University of Neuchâtel, Av. Bellevaux 51, CP 158, 2009 Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Fax: (+41) 327-182-516 http://www.unine.ch/chw

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Julien Pierron

Julien Pierron

Institute of Chemistry, University of Neuchâtel, Av. Bellevaux 51, CP 158, 2009 Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Fax: (+41) 327-182-516 http://www.unine.ch/chw

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Thomas R. Ward Prof.

Thomas R. Ward Prof.

Institute of Chemistry, University of Neuchâtel, Av. Bellevaux 51, CP 158, 2009 Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Fax: (+41) 327-182-516 http://www.unine.ch/chw

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First published: 04 July 2007
Citations: 29

This work was supported by the Canton of Neuchâtel and the Swiss National Science Foundation (Grants FN 200021-105192 and 200020-113348). We thank Prof. C. R. Cantor for providing us with the streptavidin gene, A. Ivanova for producing streptavidin, and L. Addadi, F. Seebeck, and E. Verrechia for insightful comments.

Graphical Abstract

Gebündelte Proteine: Mit Streptavidin als Linker zwischen Eisen(II)-Terpyridinbis(biotin)-Einheiten entsteht ein eindimensionales metall-organisches Proteingerüst (MOPF). In Gegenwart von Calciumionen und Kohlendioxidgas bilden die MOPFs Proteinbündel, die als Templat der Biomineralisation von Calcit wirken.

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