Peptides and Peptide-based Biomaterials and their Biomedical Applications

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Peptides and Peptide-based Biomaterials and their Biomedical Applications is written by Anwar Sunna and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3319660950 (ISBN 10) and 9783319660950 (ISBN 13).

Solid-binding peptides have been used increasingly as molecular building blocks in nanobiotechnology as they can direct the assembly and functionalisation of a diverse range of materials and have the ability to regulate the synthesis of nanoparticles and complex nanostructures. Nanostructured materials such as β-sheet fibril-forming peptides and α-helical coiled coil systems have displayed many useful properties including stimulus-responsiveness, modularity and multi-functionality, providing potential technological applications in tissue engineering, antimicrobials, drug delivery and nanoscale electronics. The current situation with respect to self-assembling peptides and bioactive matrices for regenerative medicine are reviewed, as well as peptide-target modeling and an examination of future prospects for peptides in these areas.