Advanced Materials, Vol.15, No.3, 248-248, 2003
Dynamic addressing of a surface pattern by a stimuli-responsive fusion protein
Thermodynamically reversible addressing of proteins (TRAP) is demonstrated. A stimuli-responsive elastin-like polypeptide fused to thioredoxin is used to reversibly address the fusion protein onto a chemically micropatterned surface template by switching the interaction between the surface and the stimuli-responsive polypeptide (see Figure).