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SUBMITTER: Bandyopadhyay A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4363082 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bandyopadhyay Anupam A McCarthy Kelly A KA Kelly Michael A MA Gao Jianmin J
Nature communications 20150312
Synthetic molecules that target specific lipids serve as powerful tools for understanding membrane biology and may also enable new applications in biotechnology and medicine. For example, selective recognition of bacterial lipids may give rise to novel antibiotics, as well as diagnostic methods for bacterial infection. Currently known lipid-binding molecules primarily rely on noncovalent interactions to achieve lipid selectivity. Here we show that targeted recognition of lipids can be realized b ...[more]