Oriented Cell Growth on Self-Assembled Bacteriophage M13 Thin Films

Author(s)

Jianhua Rong, Jinan University - China
L. Andrew Lee, University of South Carolina - Columbia
Kai Li, University of South Carolina - Columbia
Brandon Harp, University of South Carolina - Columbia
Charlene M. Mello, US Army Natick Soldier Research Development & Engineering Center
Zhongwei Niu, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow
Qian Wang, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow

Document Type

Article

Subject Area(s)

Chemistry, Cellular Science, Molecular Biology

Abstract

Fibrillar M13 bacteriophages were used as basic building blocks to generate thin films with aligned nanogrooves, which, upon chemical grafting with RGD peptides, guide cell alignment and orient the cell outgrowth along defined directions.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1039/B811039E

Publication Info

Published in Chemical Communications, Issue 41, 2008, pages 5185-5187.

Rights

© Chemical Communications 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry.

APA Citation

Rong, J., Lee, L., Li, K., Harp, B., Mello, C., Niu, Z., & Wang, Q. (2008). Oriented Cell Growth on Self-Assembled Bacteriophage M13 Thin Films. Chemical Communications, 41(5185–5187). https://doi.org/10.1039/B811039E