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Material-specific binding peptides empower sustainable innovations in plant health, biocatalysis, medicine and microplastic quantification

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Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53, 6445
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Rational Design Yields Molecular Insights on Leaf-Binding of Anchor Peptides

Jonas Dittrich, Christin Brethauer, Liudmyla Goncharenko, Jens Bührmann, Viktoria Zeisler-Diehl, Shyam Pariyar, Felix Jakob, Tetiana Kurkina, Lukas Schreiber, Ulrich Schwaneberg and Holger Gohlke

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2022, 14, 28412
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Expression of a novel NaD1 recombinant antimicrobial peptide enhances antifungal and insecticidal activities

Sara Royan, Reza Shirzadian-Khorramabad, Arash Zibaee, Mohammad B. Bagherieh-Najjar and Farhad Nazarian-Firouzabadi

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Functional Peptides for Plant Disease Control

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Unraveling the Mechanism and Kinetics of Binding of an LCI‐eGFP‐Polymer for Antifouling Coatings

Dominik Söder, Manuela Garay‐Sarmiento, Khosrow Rahimi, Fabian Obstals, Sarah Dedisch, Tamás Haraszti, Mehdi D. Davari, Felix Jakob, Christoph Heß, Ulrich Schwaneberg and Cesar Rodriguez‐Emmenegger

Macromolecular Bioscience, 2021, 21
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Engineered material-binding peptide empowers biocatalysis in stainless steel flow reactors for phosphate recovery

Yi Lu, Florian Bourdeaux, Binbin Nian, Pirathiha Manimaran, Bhupesh Verma, Max Rommerskirchen, Sebastian Bold, Leilei Zhu, Yu Ji, Johannes Henrich Schleifenbaum and Ulrich Schwaneberg

Chem, 2025, 11, 102395
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Game-changing alternatives to conventional fungicides: small RNAs and short peptides

Stefano Rosa, Paolo Pesaresi, Chiara Mizzotti, Vincent Bulone, Bruno Mezzetti, Elena Baraldi and Simona Masiero

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Combined effect involving semiconductors and plasmonic nanoparticles in photocatalytic degradation of pesticides

Rafael de Oliveira, William da Silva Martini and Antonio Carlos Sant'Ana

Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management, 2022, 17, 100657
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ZnAl nano layered double hydroxides for dual functional CRISPR/Cas9 delivery and enhanced green fluorescence protein biosensor

Navid Rabiee, Mojtaba Bagherzadeh, Amir Mohammad Ghadiri, Ghazal Salehi, Yousef Fatahi and Rassoul Dinarvand

Sci Rep, 2020, 10
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Simple Osthole/Nanocarrier Pesticide Efficiently Controls Both Pests and Diseases Fulfilling the Need of Green Production of Strawberry

Shuo Yan, Qian Hu, Qinhong Jiang, Hongtao Chen, Jie Wei, Meizhen Yin, Xiangge Du and Jie Shen

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 36350
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Identification of isomeric cyclo(leu-pro) produced by Pseudomonas sesami BC42 and its differential antifungal activities against Colletotrichum orbiculare

Jiwon Kim, Jin-Cheol Kim and Mee Kyung Sang

Front. Microbiol., 2023, 14
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A Short Review of Anti-Rust Fungi Peptides: Diversity and Bioassays

Julie Lintz, Guillaume Dubrulle, Euan Cawston, Sébastien Duplessis and Benjamin Petre

Front. Agron., 2022, 4
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The cyclic peptide G4CP2 enables the modulation of galactose metabolism in yeast by interfering with GAL4 transcriptional activity

Stefano Rosa, Andrea Tagliani, Chiara Bertaso, Luca Tadini, Cristina Visentin, Louise Jane Gourlay, Sabrina Pricl, Lucia Feni, Sara Pellegrino, Paolo Pesaresi and Simona Masiero

Front. Mol. Biosci., 2023, 10
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Matter‐tag: A universal immobilization platform for enzymes on polymers, metals, and silicon‐based materials

Sarah Dedisch, Annika Wiens, Mehdi D. Davari, Dominik Söder, Cesar Rodriguez‐Emmenegger, Felix Jakob and Ulrich Schwaneberg

Biotech & Bioengineering, 2020, 117, 49
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Facile fabrication of pesticide nanocapsules using cinnamaldehyde derived imide polymer as wall material for pH-responsive and ultraviolet shielding properties

Zhiyuan Zhou, Gang Tang, Yulu Liu, Xiaohong Zhang, Yuqi Huang, Jialu Wang, Guangyao Yan, Gaohua Hu, Jianhua Xiao, Weiyao Yan and Yongsong Cao

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 489, 151430
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A gene and drug co-delivery application helps to solve the short life disadvantage of RNA drug

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Nano Today, 2022, 43, 101452
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A Competitive High‐Throughput Screening Platform for Designing Polylactic Acid‐Specific Binding Peptides

Yi Lu, Kai‐Wolfgang Hintzen, Tetiana Kurkina, Yu Ji and Ulrich Schwaneberg

Advanced Science, 2023, 10
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Mo-HLPs: New flocculating agents identified from Moringa oleifera seeds belong to the hevein-like peptide family

Ana Márjory Paiva Sousa, Hévila Oliveira Salles, Hermógenes David de Oliveira, Beatriz Blenda Pinheiro de Souza, José de Lima Cardozo Filho, Daniel Nogoceke Sifuentes, Maura Vianna Prates, Carlos Bloch Junior, Marcelo Porto Bemquerer and Antonio Silvio do Egito

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Antifungal symbiotic peptide NCR044 exhibits unique structure and multifaceted mechanisms of action that confer plant protection

Siva L. S. Velivelli, Kirk J. Czymmek, Hui Li, Jared B. Shaw, Garry W. Buchko and Dilip M. Shah

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Development of a process for flame retardant coating of textiles with bio-hybrid anchor peptides

Rahel Heesemann, Isa Bettermann, Roshan Paul, Milena Rey, Thomas Gries, Lilin Feng, Ulrich Schwaneberg and Claus Hummelsheim

Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 2023, 41
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Modes of action and potential as a peptide‐based biofungicide of a plant defensin MtDef4

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Molecular Plant Pathology, 2024, 25
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Purification and identification of a new antifungal dipeptide from Bacillus velezensis AR1 culture supernatant

Regassa A Bayisa, Jeong Yong Cho and Kil Yong Kim

Pest Management Science, 2021, 77, 775
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Bifunctional peptides as alternatives to copper-based formulations to control citrus canker

Guilherme Dilarri, Leticia Celia de Lencastre Novaes, Felix Jakob, Ulrich Schwaneberg and Henrique Ferreira

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 2024, 108
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Plastibodies for multiplexed detection and sorting of microplastic particles in high-throughput

Wiwik Bauten, Maximilian Nöth, Tetiana Kurkina, Francisca Contreras, Yu Ji, Cloé Desmet, Miguel-Ángel Serra, Douglas Gilliland and Ulrich Schwaneberg

Science of The Total Environment, 2023, 860, 160450
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Efficient polymer‐mediated delivery system for thiocyclam: Nanometerization remarkably improves the bioactivity toward green peach aphids

Ye Wang, Yong‐Hui Xie, Qin‐Hong Jiang, Hong‐Tao Chen, Rui‐Hao Ma, Zhi‐Jiang Wang, Mei‐Zhen Yin, Jie Shen and Shuo Yan

Insect Science, 2023, 30, 2
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Using a bio-economic farm model to evaluate the economic potential and pesticide load reduction of the greenRelease technology

T. Kuhn, N. Möhring, A. Töpel, F. Jakob, W. Britz, S. Bröring, A. Pich, U. Schwaneberg and M. Rennings

Agricultural Systems, 2022, 201, 103454
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Directed Evolution of Material Binding Peptide for Polylactic Acid-specific Degradation in Mixed Plastic Wastes

Yi Lu, Kai-Wolfgang Hintzen, Tetiana Kurkina, Yu Ji and Ulrich Schwaneberg

ACS Catal., 2023, 13, 12746
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Plant defensin MtDef4‐derived antifungal peptide with multiple modes of action and potential as a bio‐inspired fungicide

Meenakshi Tetorya, Hui Li, Arnaud Thierry Djami‐Tchatchou, Garry W. Buchko, Kirk J. Czymmek and Dilip M. Shah

Molecular Plant Pathology, 2023, 24, 896
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Development of a Finishing Process for Imbuing Flame Retardancy into Materials Using Biohybrid Anchor Peptides

Rahel Heesemann, Matthias Sanders, Roshan Paul, Isa Bettermann, Thomas Gries, Lilin Feng, Ulrich Schwaneberg, Claus Hummelsheim and Dominic Danielsiek

Applied Sciences, 2024, 14, 6107
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Peptides, new tools for plant protection in eco-agriculture

Yi-Meng Zhang, De-Xing Ye, Yan Liu, Xin-Yuan Zhang, Yuan-Lin Zhou, Li Zhang and Xin-Ling Yang

Advanced Agrochem, 2023, 2, 58
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An AIE Star Polymer with Enhanced Co‐Delivery of Drug and Gene for Synergistic Pest Control†

Bingcheng Zhou, Qinhong Jiang, Jie Li, Shuo Yan, Jie Shen, Lianying Liu and Meizhen Yin

Chin. J. Chem., 2023, 41, 2671
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Biadhesive Peptides for Assembling Stainless Steel and Compound Loaded Micro‐Containers

Lina Apitius, Sven Buschmann, Christian Bergs, David Schönauer, Felix Jakob, Andrij Pich and Ulrich Schwaneberg

Macromolecular Bioscience, 2019, 19
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Numaswitch: an efficient high-titer expression platform to produce peptides and small proteins

Bach-Ngan Nguyen, Florian Tieves, Thomas Rohr, Hilke Wobst, Felix S. Schöpf, Jóse D. Montoya Solano, Julia Schneider, Janpeter Stock, Andreas Uhde, Thomas Kalthoff, Karl Erich Jaeger, Lutz Schmitt and Christian Schwarz

AMB Expr, 2021, 11
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