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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2016
Applicants:
The Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, PA (US);
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Manish Kumar, State College, PA (US);
Thomas Walz, New York, NY (US);
Assignees:
The Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, PA (US);
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 89/00 (2006.01); B01D 67/00 (2006.01); B01D 71/74 (2006.01); B01D 71/80 (2006.01); C08H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 89/00 (2013.01); B01D 67/0009 (2013.01); B01D 71/74 (2013.01); B01D 71/80 (2013.01); C08H 1/00 (2013.01); B01D 2323/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide methods for preparing high density membrane protein membranes by slow, controlled removal of detergent from mixtures of detergent, block copolymers and membrane protein mixtures. Membranes created by this method are also provided. The structure of these membranes may be varied by varying the amount of membrane protein.