| Literature DB >> 27409066 |
Yang Tan1, Ramesh Y Adhikari2, Nikhil S Malvankar1,2,3, Shuang Pi4, Joy E Ward1, Trevor L Woodard1, Kelly P Nevin1, Qiangfei Xia4, Mark T Tuominen2, Derek R Lovley1.
Abstract
Genetic modification to add tryptophan to PilA, the monomer for the electrically conductive pili of Geobacter sulfurreducens, yields conductive protein filaments 2000-fold more conductive than the wild-type pili while cutting the diameter in half to 1.5 nm.Entities:
Keywords: biomaterials; electron transfer; geobacter; nanowires; proteins
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27409066 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201601112
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Small ISSN: 1613-6810 Impact factor: 13.281