Electrically-driven modulation of surface-grafted RGD peptides for manipulation of cell adhesion.
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SUBMITTER: Lashkor M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4230383 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
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Electrically-driven modulation of surface-grafted RGD peptides for manipulation of cell adhesion.
Lashkor Minhaj M Rawson Frankie J FJ Stephenson-Brown Alex A Preece Jon A JA Mendes Paula M PM
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20141031 98
Reported herein is a switchable surface that relies on electrically-induced conformational changes within surface-grafted arginine-glycine-aspartate (RGD) oligopeptides as the means of modulating cell adhesion. ...[more]
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