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Org. Biomol. Chem., 2008, 6, 2459 - 2467, DOI: 10.1039/b715737c

Molecular imprinting of proteins emerging as a tool for protein recognition

Toshifumi Takeuchi and Takayuki Hishiya

This article gives the recent developments in molecular imprinting for proteins. Currently bio-macromolecules such as antibodies and enzymes are mainly employed for protein recognition purposes. However, such bio-macromolecules are sometimes difficult to find and/or produce, therefore, receptor-like synthetic materials such as protein-imprinted polymers have been intensively studied as substitutes for natural receptors. Recent advances in protein imprinting shown here demonstrate the possibility of this technique as a future technology of protein recognition.

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