Peptide fibers

Pandya MJ, Spooner GM, Sunde M, Thorpe JR, Rodger A, Woolfson DN. Sticky-end assembly of a designed peptide fiber provides insight into protein fibriUogenesis. Biochemistry 2000 39 8728-8734. 

Ryadnov MG, Woolfson DN. Introducing branches into a self-assembling peptide fiber. Angew Chem Int Ed 2003b 42 3021-3023. 

Ryadnov, M. G., and Woolfson, D. N. (2003b). Introducing branches into a selfassembling peptide fiber. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 42, 3021-3023. 

Woolfson and coworkers described impressively the design of peptide fibers based on a-helical coiled-coil building blocks [107], By programming at the amino acid sequence level, the fibers could be fine-tuned from thick rigid rods to thinner,... 

Magnetism is yet another successful method for the alignment of individual peptide fibers. Magnetite (Fe304) particles approximately lOnm in size were noncovalently attached to diphenylanalanine nanotubes during fiber... 

The properties of peptide fibers formed by ionic complementary peptides may need some tailoring to meet the different requirements for scaffolds and materials for drug delivery. Flowever, these roles could be quite complementary. It is easy to envisage that mixtures of peptide fibers with different stabilities could be used to simultaneously stimulate and support the growth of soft tissues. 

Gerhold LM, Horvath TL, Freeman ME (2001) Vasoactive intestinal peptide fibers innervate neuroendocrine dopaminergic neurons. Brain Res 979 48-56. 

Barba C, Scott S, Rodrick-Lanzilotta A, Kelly R, Manich AM, Parra JL, Coderch L. Restoring important hair properties with wool keratin proteins and peptides. Fibers Polym 11 1055-1061. 

Self-assembly peptide fibers Mimics specific ECM peptide fibers Reproducible Poor mechanical properties Relatively expensive to produce Degradable... 

Neuropeptide Y. Neuropeptide Y [82785 5-3] (NPY) (255) is a 36-amiao acid peptide that is a member of a peptide family including peptide YY (PYY) [81858-94-8, 106338-42-5] (256) and pancreatic polypeptide (PPY) [59763-91-6] (257). In the periphery, NPY is present in most sympathetic nerve fibers, particulady around blood vessels and also in noradrenergic perivascular and selected parasympathetic nerves (66). Neurons containing NPY-like immunoreactivity ate abundant in the central nervous system, particulady in limbic stmctures. Coexistence with somatostatin and NADPH-diaphorase, an enzyme associated with NO synthesis, is common in the cortex and striatum. 

Capsaicin, an active ingredient in red pepper, is well known for its ability to release and deplete substance P in sensory C fibers. However, this action is not specific for substance P, as neurokinin A, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), and somatostatin also are released. 

The chloroisocyanurates can be used in the bleaching of cotton, synthetics, and their blends they do, however, attack proteinaceous fibers, such as silk or wool, presumably via active chlorine reaction with the peptide (amide) linkage. However, the chloroisocyanurates can be used as shrink-proofing agents in wool finishing (131), (see Textiles Wool). The same action of chlorine upon proteins contributes to the effectiveness of chloroisocyanurates in automatic dishwashers. 

American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), 278 American Crop Protection Association (ACPA), 267, 278 American Cyanamid Agricultural Products Division, See BASF Agricultural Products Group (US), 216 American Fiber Manufacturers Association, hic. (AFMA), 268 American Hydrogen Association (AHA), 268 American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), 278 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE), 268 American Institute of Chemists, The (AIC), 268 American Methanol Institute (AMI), 268 American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS), 268 American Ordnance LLC, 216 American Pacific Corporation (AMPAC), 216 American Peptide Society (APS), 268... 

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