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Protected activity of a phytase immobilized in mesoporous silica with benefits to plant phosphorus nutrition
Phosphorus (P) is one of the main nutrients required for plant growth and is absorbed and metabolized in the form of orthophosphate ions (Pi). In agriculture, P is a major component of fertilizers. Forecast sh...
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Open AccessInitial stem cell adhesion on porous silicon surface: molecular architecture of actin cytoskeleton and filopodial growth
The way cells explore their surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM) during development and migration is mediated by lamellipodia at their leading edge, acting as an actual motor pulling the cell forward. Lamell...
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Nanodesigned Pore-Containing Systems for Biosensing and Controlled Drug Release
For medical treatment of disease, optimal therapeutic efficiency of a drug is governed by both the therapeutic activity of the drug itself and the way in which it is delivered to the patient. Once administered...
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Biomolecular screening with encoded porous-silicon photonic crystals
Strategies to encode or label small particles or beads for use in high-throughput screening and bioassay applications1 focus on either spatially differentiated, on-chip arrays2,3,4 or random distributions of enco...