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Xin-jie Chen, Jian Li, Chen-yi Wang, Qiang Ren
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Sudripet Sharma, Jacek B. Jasinski, Wilfried M. Braje, Sachin Handa
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Anda Barkane, Oskars Platnieks, Maksims Jurinovs, Sigita Kasetaite, Jolita Ostrauskaite, Sergejs Gaidukovs, Youssef Habibi
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Review
Engineering, Biomedical
Ya Li, Xiaonan Wang, Yuanyuan Han, Hung-Yu Sun, Jons Hilborn, Liyang Shi
Summary: Click chemistry is a versatile method for generating products that mimic natural examples, occurring in one pot with minimal byproducts and high thermodynamic driving force. It has become a useful tool for the bio-orthogonal preparation of chemical cross-linked biopolymer-based hydrogels, offering a variety of potential backbone toolboxes for hydrogel design in regenerative medicine.
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Shanmugam Revathi, Aditya L. Shinde, Mulimani K. Rajashekhar, Debasish Mandal, Amit Ranjan Maity, Somenath Garai, Tapas Ghatak
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Houqian Li, Jiayang Wu, Zhen Jiang, Jiaze Ma, Victor M. Zavala, Clark R. Landis, Manos Mavrikakis, George W. Huber
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Andrew Wheat, Clinton Yu, Xiaorong Wang, Anthony M. Burke, Ilan E. Chemmama, Robyn M. Kaake, Peter Baker, Scott D. Rychnovsky, Jing Yang, Lan Huang
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Pu Li, Changqing Tu, Miao-Miao Xun, Wan-Xia Wu
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Nasrin Moeini-Eghbali, Hossein Eshghi
Summary: In this study, a new and selective nanocatalyst (Fe3O4@S-TiO2/Cu) was synthesized by incorporating sulfur heteroatoms onto Fe3O4@TiO2 substrate as a ligand to stabilize copper nanoparticles. The Fe3O4@S-TiO2/Cu nanorods were characterized using various techniques and showed high catalytic activity in preparing triazole derivatives. The nanocatalyst exhibited advantages such as high regioselectivity, short reaction times, easy separation, and recyclability.
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Jae-Ho Shin, Gi-Yeon Han, Hyun-Joong Kim
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Joao Lourenco Castagnari Willimann Pimenta, Mariana de Oliveira Camargo, Rafael Belo Duarte, Onelia Aparecida Andreo dos Santos, Luiz Mario de Matos Jorge
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Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Lolita Piersimoni, Panagiotis L. Kastritis, Christian Arlt, Andrea Sinz
Summary: Mass spectrometry (MS) is a key technology in structural biology, and chemical cross-linking combined with mass spectrometry (XL-MS) plays an important role in studying protein structures and protein-protein interactions. This review outlines the contributions of XL-MS, including cross-linking reagents, software tools, workflows, and significant examples, in characterizing proteins and their interactions in vitro and in vivo. Computational modeling and integration with other structural biology techniques have greatly enhanced the capabilities of XL-MS.
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(2020)
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(2022)