Nearly 2 centuries of progress have established the major components of the plant cell wall,
a composite that includes interpenetrating networks of cellulose (Payen, 1838; Schulze …

Different classes of foldamers, which are synthetic oligomers that adopt well-defined
conformations in solution, have been the subject of extensive studies devoted to the …

Cytokinesis partitions the cell by a cleavage furrow in animals but by a new cross wall in
plants. How this new wall assembles at the molecular level and connects with the mother …

There is a general need for the engineering of protein-like molecules that organize into
geometrically specific superstructures on molecular surfaces, directing further …

Several different non-enzymatic molecular replication systems have been prepared and
analyzed, including nucleic acids, fatty acids, peptides, and organic molecules.[1–11] This …

An emerging new direction of research focuses on developing “self-synthesizing materials”,
those supramolecular structures that can promote their own formation by accelerating the …

The extracellular matrix is a morphogenetic substrate based on scaffold proteins comprising
hydroxyproline‐rich glycoproteins (HRGPs): collagens in animals and extensins in plants …

Amino acids belong to systems that are replete with mystery and magic and that serve as
beautiful models. These small molecules form the elementary basis of peptides and …

Striking synergy between nucleic acids and proteins is exhibited in living cells. Whether
such mutual activity can be performed using simple supramolecular nucleic acid–peptide …

Here we demonstrate that the smallest possible motif of the amphiphilic and pleated β-
strand structure can be generated using tri-peptides stabilized by π–π stacking interactions …