Peptides and Their Synthetic Analogs in Medicine and Biotechnology
This special issue belongs to the section "Macromolecules".
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Peptides and short proteins provide a promising new generation of biologically active tools with a wide range of novel applications in medicine and biotechnology. Structural modification of peptides leads to the class of peptidomimetics whose value is considerably enhanced compared to their native predecessors. Peptides are employed to fight microbes or cancer, as neuromodulators or hormones or as a basis of vaccines and drug delivery systems. Self-assembling peptides may serve as biomaterials in tissue engineering for creating blood vessels or as substrates for neurite outgrowth and synapse formation. Finally, peptides may be applied in bionanotechnology to create microchips, sensors, electronic devices, as well as nanosized rods or tubes.
For this Special Issue, we invite submissions of both topical reviews and original research articles focused on the synthesis as well as structural and functional studies of peptides and peptidomimetics to be applied in medicine or biotechnology.
Dr. Volker Knecht
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- peptides
- short proteins
- peptidomimetics
- antimicrobial peptides
- anticancer peptides
- peptide neuromodulation
- peptide hormones
- peptide-based vaccines
- peptide-based drug delivery systems
- peptide-based biomaterials
- peptide-based substrates
- self-assembling peptides
- peptide nanotechnology
- peptide chips
- peptide microarrays
- peptide-based biosensors
- peptide-based bioelectronics
- peptide-based nanorods
- peptide-based nanotubes
- radio-labeled peptides
- peptide–metal wires
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Published Papers
Int. J. Mol. Sci. - ISSN 1422-0067