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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Yan Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5707515 | biostudies-other | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Chemical science 20150507 7
Designing synthetic polymer assemblies that can sense a biological signal to mimic cell activities is elusive. We develop a class of block copolymer containing bioinspired host units as supramolecular catchers for the highly-selective capture of adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP). Driven by ATP, these block copolymers undergo a stepwise self-assembly and exhibit cascading deformation into highly-ordered nanostructures <i>via</i> the specific recognition effect between ATP and the receptor. By modul ...[more]