Natural
protein molecular capsules with the size of
several 10-100 nm such as spherical viruses are
constructed by self-assembling from symmetrical
protein subunits. In this project, we will
construct artificial peptide nano-capsules using
C3- or C5-symmetric
self-assembling peptide molecules. We aim to
include nucleic acids or proteins into the
interior of peptide nano-capsules, and apply
those as nano-armor for nucleic acids and
proteins.
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