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Catalytic dephosphorylation of adenosine monophosphate (AMP) to form supramolecular nanofibers/hydrogels.

ABSTRACT: The use of enzyme to instruct the self-assembly of the nucleoside of adenosine in water provides a new class of molecular nanofibers/hydrogels as functional soft materials.

SUBMITTER: Du X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3522864 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Catalytic dephosphorylation of adenosine monophosphate (AMP) to form supramolecular nanofibers/hydrogels.

Du Xuewen X Li Junfeng J Gao Yuan Y Kuang Yi Y Xu Bing B

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20120116 15

The use of enzyme to instruct the self-assembly of the nucleoside of adenosine in water provides a new class of molecular nanofibers/hydrogels as functional soft materials. ...[more]

PMID: 22246046

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