Issue 32, 2008
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Self-assembly approaches to nanomaterial encapsulation in viral protein cages†

Stella E. Aniagyei,a   Christopher DuFort,a   C. Cheng Kaob  and  Bogdan Dragnea*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
E-mail: dragnea@indiana.edu

b Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

Abstract

A perspective on abiotic material encapsulation inside virus capsids is provided. The emphasis is on the physical principles of virus assembly relevant to packaging, strategies for encapsulation and capsid modification, and on emerging applications.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B805874C
Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
07 Apr 2008
Accepted
19 Jun 2008
First published
04 Jul 2008

J. Mater. Chem., 2008,18, 3763-3774

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Self-assembly approaches to nanomaterial encapsulation in viral protein cages

S. E. Aniagyei, C. DuFort, C. C. Kao and B. Dragnea, J. Mater. Chem., 2008, 18, 3763 DOI: 10.1039/B805874C

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