A protein engineered to bind uranyl selectively and with femtomolar affinity

Uranyl (UO 2 2+ ), the predominant aerobic form of uranium, is present in the ocean at a concentration of ~3.2 parts per 10 9 (13.7 nM); however, the successful enrichment of uranyl from this vast resource has been limited by the high concentrations of metal ions of similar size and charge, which ma...

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