Study on elastic modulus of individual ferritin

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 723-726

  Zhang, Jinhai ^a   Cui, Chengyi ^a   Zhou, Xingfei ^a  

^a NINGBO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Elastic modulus; Ferritin

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349099401     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0544-6     Document Type: Article

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