Issue 98, 2014
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Chemical Communications

Electrically-driven modulation of surface-grafted RGD peptides for manipulation of cell adhesion†

Minhaj Lashkor,a   Frankie J. Rawson,b   Alex Stephenson-Brown,a   Jon A. Preecec  and  Paula M. Mendes*a  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
E-mail: p.m.mendes@bham.ac.uk

b Laboratory of Biophysics and Surface Analysis, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK

c School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

Abstract

Reported herein is a switchable surface that relies on electrically-induced conformational changes within surface-grafted arginine–glycine–aspartate (RGD) oligopeptides as the means of modulating cell adhesion.

Graphical abstract: Electrically-driven modulation of surface-grafted RGD peptides for manipulation of cell adhesion

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC06649A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 Aug 2014
Accepted
22 Oct 2014
First published
22 Oct 2014
This article is Open Access
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Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 15589-15592

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Electrically-driven modulation of surface-grafted RGD peptides for manipulation of cell adhesion

M. Lashkor, F. J. Rawson, A. Stephenson-Brown, J. A. Preece and P. M. Mendes, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 15589 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC06649A

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