Protein nanofibres of defined morphology prepared from mixtures of crude crystallins

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 258-273

  Garvey, M ^a,b   Gras, S L ^c   Meehan, S ^d   Meade, S J ^e   Carver, J A ^a   Gerrard, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amyloid fibril; Crystallin; Protein nanofibre; TEM; WAXS

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEINS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MAMMALS; MIXTURES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFIBERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMYLOID FIBRIL; CRYSTALLIN; FIBRE MORPHOLOGY; FORMATION CONDITION; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; NANOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; PROTEIN MIXTURES; WAXS;

PROTEINS;

EID: 59349106710     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2009.022918     Document Type: Article

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