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SUBMITTER: Inaba H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6220817 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 20180924 56
Microtubules are cytoskeletal filaments that serve as attractive scaffolds for developing nanomaterials and nanodevices because of their unique structural properties. The functionalization of the outer surface of microtubules has been established for this purpose. However, no attempts have been made to encapsulate molecules inside microtubules with 15 nm inner diameter. The encapsulation of various molecular cargos inside microtubules constitutes a new concept for nanodevice and nanocarrier appl ...[more]