Tethering of Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) to Beta Tricalcium Phosphate (βTCP) via Fusion to a High Affinity, Multimeric βTCP-Binding Peptide: Effects on Human Multipotent Stromal Cells/Connective Tissue Progenitors

• Luis M. Alvarez ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Luis M. Alvarez, Jaime J. Rivera

  Affiliations Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Chemistry & Life Science, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, United States of America, Cancer and Developmental Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

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• Jaime J. Rivera ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Luis M. Alvarez, Jaime J. Rivera

  Affiliation Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Linda Stockdale,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Sunil Saini,

  Affiliation Integra Life Sciences, Plainsboro, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Richard T. Lee,

  Affiliation Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Linda G. Griffith

  * E-mail: griff@mit.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

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