Polymerization in living organisms

D Wu, J Lei, Z Zhang, F Huang, M Buljan… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Vital biomacromolecules, such as RNA, DNA, polysaccharides and proteins, are
synthesized inside cells via the polymerization of small biomolecules to support and multiply …

Synthesizing biomaterials in living organisms

X Zhang, J Wang, Y Zhang, Z Yang, J Gao… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Living organisms fabricate biomacromolecules such as DNA, RNA, and proteins by the self-
assembly process. The research on the mechanism of biomacromolecule formation also …

Polymer materials synthesized through Cell-mediated polymerization strategies for regulation of biological functions

Q Shen, Y Huang, H Bai, F Lv… - Accounts of Materials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus As essential components of living organisms, biomacromolecules construct cell
scaffolds and regulate cell activities and biological functions through chemical …

Living cell-mediated in-situ polymerization for biomedical applications

J Liu, B Liu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Synthetic polymers have been widely utilized in biomedical applications by controlling their
physicochemical characteristics and enhancing their biocompatibility. As natural polymers …

Polymerization‐Induced Self‐Assembly for Artificial Biology: Opportunities and Challenges

G Cheng, J Pérez‐Mercader - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The study of the origin of life and current undergoing efforts to produce artificial chemical
systems mimicking the behavior of natural living systems have emerged as a hot topic at the …

Synthetic control of living cells by intracellular polymerization

O Baghdasaryan, S Khan, JC Lin, J Lee-Kin… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
An emerging cellular engineering method creates synthetic polymer matrices inside cells. By
contrast with classical genetic, enzymatic, or radioactive techniques, this materials-based …

Biosynthetic polymers as functional materials

AS Carlini, L Adamiak, NC Gianneschi - Macromolecules, 2016 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of functional polymers encoded with biomolecules has been an extensive
area of research for decades. As such, a diverse toolbox of polymerization techniques and …

Controlled polymerization for the development of bioconjugate polymers and materials

Y Miura - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Controlled polymerization through living radical polymerization is widely studied. Controlled
polymerization enables synthetic polymers with precise structures, which have the potential …

Polymer chemistry in living cells

Z Zhou, K Maxeiner, DYW Ng… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The polymerization of biomolecules is a central operation in biology that
connects molecular signals with proliferative and information-rich events in cells. As …

[图书][B] New polymerization techniques and synthetic methodologies

M Biswas, I Capek, CS Chern, D Mathew, CPR Nair… - 2001 - books.google.com
This series presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in polymer and
biopolymer science including chemistry, physical chemistry, physics and materials science …