Issue 16, 2012
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Self-assembly of collagen peptides into hollow microtubules†

Armando E. Reimer,a   Katie M. Feher,a   Daniel Hernandeza  and  Katarzyna Slowinska*a  

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a Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90840, USA
E-mail: katarzyna.slowinska@csulb.edu
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Abstract

We report the formation of a unique tubular hollow assembly from an FITC-modified non-helical collagen peptide Gly-Gly-(Pro-Hyp-Gly)4. These new 2 μm diameter microtubule structures are characterized via fluorescence and confocal microscopy, ATR-FTIR, and TGA.

Graphical abstract: Self-assembly of collagen peptides into hollow microtubules

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2JM16122B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 Nov 2011
Accepted
29 Feb 2012
First published
16 Mar 2012

J. Mater. Chem., 2012,22, 7701-7703

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Self-assembly of collagen peptides into hollow microtubules

A. E. Reimer, K. M. Feher, D. Hernandez and K. Slowinska, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 7701 DOI: 10.1039/C2JM16122B

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