Designed protein array on a cell surface (IMAGE)

University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine

Designed protein array on a cell surface

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Illustration of a designed protein array on a cell surface. This new class of protein material interacts with living cells without being absorbed by them and can influence cell signaling. It does this by binding and sequestering cell surface receptors.

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Ian Haydon, UW Medicine Institute for Protein Design

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