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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2011
Gemma Reguera, Lansing, MI (US);
Stuart Tessmer, Okemos, MI (US);
Joshua Veazey, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Sanela Lampa-pastirk, East Lansing, MI (US);
Gemma Reguera, Lansing, MI (US);
Stuart Tessmer, Okemos, MI (US);
Joshua Veazey, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Sanela Lampa-Pastirk, East Lansing, MI (US);
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Abstract
A nanowire comprising a purified protein filament, such as a pilus, isolated from a bacterium, such as, is provided. Such a purified pilus can contain peptide subunits capable of assembling into the protein filament and establishing an electrical connection with an insoluble electron acceptor. The novel nanowires can be produced via a novel single step. Such nanowires are useful in applications requiring rectifying behavior.