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An examination of peptide-tether binding to gold and glass surfaces

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Kunkel, Jacquelyn Anne
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.
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Matthew J. Lang.
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Abstract
For many biological applications, it is beneficial to know that a peptide will bind to a surface. In this thesis, a tether, bead, peptide complex is constructed using the gold binding peptide (GBP) of sequence (CGGVSGSSPDS). Several assays and assay modifications are developed and tested to attempt to attach the GBP first to a gold slide and then to gold nanoparticles. Four peptides: FO₂, K1, K2, K3, known to bind to sapphire were attached to glass to see if it was possible to modify the sapphire assay to work with glass.
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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2009.
 
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 14).
 
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2009
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/54507
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Mechanical Engineering.

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