Protein engineering for molecular electronics.

S G Sligar; F R Salemme

doi:10.1016/0958-1669(92)90167-h

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Protein engineering for molecular electronics.

S G Sligar·F R Salemme

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Recombinant DNA technology allows the manipulation of the physical properties of proteins that perform electron transport and photochemical processes. Recent work is reviewed that has a potential impact on the development of molecular electronic devices, within a general framework outlining strategies for device fabrication. This review is also published in Current Opinion in Structural Biology 1992, 2:587-592.

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S G Sligar, F R Salemme. 1992. Protein engineering for molecular electronics.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0958-1669(92)90167-h

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