De novo Engineered Living Materials via Elastin-Like Polypeptide-Mediated Self-Assembly
Sarah Browning, Davide Prati, Luca Mascia, Paolo Magni, Lorenzo Pasotti, Sara Molinari
This paper engineers Escherichia coli to display elastin-like polypeptides, enabling self-assembling living materials with controllable flocculation and ethanol production.
ACS Synthetic Biology · May 28, 2026Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology