Carbon nanotubes inhibit the hemolytic activity of the pore-forming toxin pyolysin

Nano Research

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 517-525

  Donkor, Apraku David ^a   Su, Zhengding ^a   Mandal, Himadri S ^a   Jin, Xu ^a   Tang, Xiaowu Shirley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Detoxification; Hemolytic activity; Pore forming toxin; Protein nanotube interaction; Pyolysin; Red blood cell; Single walled carbon nanotubes(SWNT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350663231     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-009-9049-0     Document Type: Article

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