Reconstitution of aluminium and iron core in horse spleen apoferritin

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 6149-6155

  Ciasca, G ^a   Chiarpotto, M ^b   Campi, G ^c   Bocca, B ^d   Rodio, M ^b   Pino, A ^d   Ricci, A ^a   Poccia, N ^a   Rossi, C ^a   Alimonti, A ^d   Amenitsch, H ^e   De Sole, P ^b   Bianconi, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Ferritin; ICP MS; Metal toxicity; Nanomedicine; SAXS

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; ICP-MS; METAL TOXICITY; NANOMEDICINES; SAXS;

MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; APOFERRITIN; FERRITIN; IRON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HORSE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; IRON TRANSPORT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84857046507     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-011-0294-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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