NGIWY-Amide: A Bioinspired Ultrashort Self-Assembled Peptide Gelator for Local Drug Delivery Applications

• Main Authors: Nikoleta F. Theodoroula (Author), Christina Karavasili (Author), Manos C. Vlasiou (Author), Alexandra Primikyri (Author), Christia Nicolaou (Author), Alexandra V. Chatzikonstantinou (Author), Aikaterini-Theodora Chatzitaki (Author), Christos Petrou (Author), Nikolaos Bouropoulos (Author), Constantinos K. Zacharis (Author), Eleftheria Galatou (Author), Yiannis Sarigiannis (Author), Dimitrios G. Fatouros (Author), Ioannis S. Vizirianakis (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: MDPI AG, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Fibrillar structures derived from plant or animal origin have long been a source of inspiration for the design of new biomaterials. The Asn-Gly-Ile-Trp-Tyr-NH₂ (NGIWY-amide) pentapeptide, isolated from the sea cucumber <i>Apostichopus japonicus</i>, which spontaneo...