Genetically modifying the protein matrix of macroscopic living materials to control their structure and rheological properties
Esther M. Jimenez, Carlson Nguyen, Ahmad Shakeel, Robert F. Tesoriero, Marimikel Charrier, Alanna Stull, Caroline Marie Ajo-Franklin
This study investigates how altering the length of elastin-like polypeptide (ELP) in engineered living materials affects their microstructure and rheological properties, revealing complex sequence-structure-property relationships.
ACS Synthetic Biology · Nov 27, 2024Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology