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SUBMITTER: Bhakta S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5586046 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20170801 66
Selective removal of albumin from human serum is an essential step prior to proteomic analyses, especially when using mass spectrometry. Here we report stable synthetic nanopockets on magnetic nanoparticle surfaces that bind to human serum albumin (HSA) with high affinity and specificity. The nanopockets are created by templating HSA on 200 nm silica-coated paramagnetic nanoparticles using polymer layers made using 4 organo-silane monomers. These monomers have amino acid-like side chains providi ...[more]