Durable proteo-hybrid vesicles for the extended functional lifetime of membrane proteins in bionanotechnology† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Additional supporting data and experimental methods. See DOI: 10.1039/c6cc04207d Click here for additional data file.

Significant enhancement of membrane protein functional durability is demonstrated when reconstituted in hybrid lipid–block copolymer vesicles compared to conventional proteoliposomes.

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