Composition, method and use of bi-functional biomaterials
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Date
2009-10-06
Authors
Christine E. Schmidt
Angela M. Belcher
Kiley P. H. Miller
Archit Sanghvi
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Publisher
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Abstract
The present invention includes a bifunctional specificity structure that includes a peptide linker having a first and a second binding domain, wherein the first binding domain is selective for a first biomaterial and the second binding domain is selective for a second biomaterial. The present invention also includes a method of making and identifying the bifunctional structure of the present invention and methods of using the same.