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Exploring the potential of engineered coiled-coil protein microfibers in drug delivery

    Joseph A Frezzo

    Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York 11201, USA

    &
    Jin Kim Montclare

    *Author for correspondence:

    E-mail Address: montclare@nyu.edu

    Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York 11201, USA

    Department of Biochemistry, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA

    Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York 10003, USA

    Published Online:https://doi.org/10.4155/tde.15.19
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