Self-Assembling Hydrophobin Useful for Coating Surfaces
DuPont, Wilmington, DE
Saturday, January 01 2011
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This heat-tolerant compound can be used to treat medical implants.
This technology provides isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a mature thermophillic hydrophobin polypeptide suitable for a recombinant DNA technology production process. This compound self-assembles at interfaces and is applicable to a broad variety of surfaces. It is extremely heat-tolerant — up to 50 °C. Applications include coatings for medical implants and drug delivery solutions.
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