Publications by authors named "Paulina Skrzeszewska"
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- Violacein is a purple pigment from bacteria that shows a lot of promise due to its biological properties, but it's not very water-soluble, making it tricky to study.
- This study investigates how Janthinobacterium lividum uses extracellular vesicles (EVs) to transport violacein, finding that these EVs were more effective in producing and delivering the compound than traditional methods.
- The research suggests that J. lividum EVs can successfully deliver violacein to human cells, specifically targeting melanoma, which opens up new possibilities for cancer treatment.
The melting properties of various triblock copolymers with random coil middle blocks (100-800 amino acids) and triple helix-forming (Pro-Gly-Pro)(n) end blocks (n = 6-16) were compared. These gelatin-like molecules were produced as secreted proteins by recombinant yeast. The investigated series shows that the melting temperature (T(m)) can be genetically engineered to specific values within a very wide range by varying the length of the end block.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this article we study shape-memory behavior of hydrogels, formed by biodegradable and biocompatible recombinant telechelic polypeptides, with collagen-like end blocks and a random coil-like middle block. The programmed shape of these hydrogels was achieved by chemical cross-linking of lysine residues present in the random coil. This led to soft networks, which can be stretched up to 200% and "pinned" in a temporary shape by lowering the temperature and allowing the collagen-like end blocks to assemble into physical nodes.
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