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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2020
Applicant:
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Derek R. Lovley, Amherst, MA (US);
Toshiyuki Ueki, Amherst, MA (US);
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Westborough, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/543 (2006.01); C07K 14/195 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/5438 (2013.01); C07K 14/195 (2013.01); C07K 2319/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides, in various embodiments, electrically conductive protein nanowires (e-PNs) having surface exposed peptides that confer additional sensing capabilities and/or enhance binding to other materials, as well as fusion proteins and methods for making such nanowires. The present invention also provides sensor devices comprising the nanowires.