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Self-assembly of peptides to form nanofibres
This is an example of a self-assembled peptide used in a study of wound healing. A single peptide, approximately 6 nanometres, is shown. Thousands of peptides self-assemble to form a single nanofibre; trillions of peptides or billions of nanofibres form the scaffold (scale bars=0.5 µm) (Reprinted from Schneider et al. PLoS One 2008;3:e1410 [43]).
