The addition of a polyglutamate domain to the angiogenic QK peptide improves peptide coupling to bone graft materials leading to enhanced endothelial cell activation

• Nicholas W. Pensa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Andrew S. Curry,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Michael S. Reddy ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bellis@uab.edu (SLB); Michael.Reddy@ucsf.edu (MSR)

  Affiliation School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Susan L. Bellis

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bellis@uab.edu (SLB); Michael.Reddy@ucsf.edu (MSR)

  Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5071-527X

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