Identification of ferrous-ferric Fe3O4 nanoparticles in recombinant human ferritin cages

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 835-841

  Walls, Michael G ^a   Cao, Changqian ^b   Yu Zhang, Kui ^c   Li, Jinhua ^b   Che, Renchao ^d   Pan, Yongxin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

EELS; Ferritin; HAADF; Ironoxides; Nanoparticle; TEM

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; FERRITIN; FERROUS ION; IRON; NANOPARTICLE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERRITINS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROSCOPY, ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS;

EID: 84880304017     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927613001724     Document Type: Conference Paper

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