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@article{Sarikaya_NatMaterials03, abstract = {Proteins, through their unique and specific interactions with other macromolecules and inorganics, control structures and functions of all biological hard and soft tissues in organisms. Molecular biomimetics is an emerging field in which hybrid technologies are developed by using the tools of molecular biology and nanotechnology. Taking lessons from biology, polypeptides can now be genetically engineered to specifically bind to selected inorganic compounds for applications in nano- and biotechnology. This review discusses combinatorial biological protocols, that is, bacterial cell surface and phage-display technologies, in the selection of short sequences that have affinity to (noble) metals, semiconducting oxides and other technological compounds. These genetically engineered proteins for inorganics (GEPIs) can be used in the assembly of functional nanostructures. Based on the three fundamental principles of molecular recognition, self-assembly and DNA manipulation, we highlight successful uses of GEPI in nanotechnology.}, author = {Sarikaya, Mehmet and Tamerler, Candan and Jen, Alex K-Y K. and Schulten, Klaus and Baneyx, Fran\c{c}ois}, citeulike-article-id = {4187418}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat964}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat964}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12951599}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=12951599}, doi = {10.1038/nmat964}, issn = {1476-1122}, journal = {Nature materials}, keywords = {biomaterial, biophysics, experimental, nanotech, physics, review}, month = {September}, number = {9}, pages = {577--585}, posted-at = {2009-03-17 19:58:00}, priority = {2}, title = {Molecular biomimetics: nanotechnology through biology.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat964}, volume = {2}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - Sarikaya_NatMaterials03 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4187418 N2 - Proteins, through their unique and specific interactions with other macromolecules and inorganics, control structures and functions of all biological hard and soft tissues in organisms. Molecular biomimetics is an emerging field in which hybrid technologies are developed by using the tools of molecular biology and nanotechnology. Taking lessons from biology, polypeptides can now be genetically engineered to specifically bind to selected inorganic compounds for applications in nano- and biotechnology. This review discusses combinatorial biological protocols, that is, bacterial cell surface and phage-display technologies, in the selection of short sequences that have affinity to (noble) metals, semiconducting oxides and other technological compounds. These genetically engineered proteins for inorganics (GEPIs) can be used in the assembly of functional nanostructures. Based on the three fundamental principles of molecular recognition, self-assembly and DNA manipulation, we highlight successful uses of GEPI in nanotechnology. IS - 9 JF - Nature materials SN - 1476-1122 EP - 585 TI - Molecular biomimetics: nanotechnology through biology. VL - 2 SP - 577 KW - biomaterial KW - biophysics KW - experimental KW - nanotech KW - physics KW - review AU - Sarikaya, Mehmet AU - Tamerler, Candan AU - Jen, Alex K-Y AU - Schulten, Klaus AU - Baneyx, François PY - 2003/09// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat964 ER -