Optical signature of formation of protein corona in the firefly luciferase-CdSe quantum dot complex

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5224-5228

  Elward, Jennifer M ^a   Irudayanathan, Flaviyan Jerome ^c   Nangia, Shikha ^b   Chakraborty, Arindam ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Syracuse University   (United States)

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EID: 84916918726     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct500681m     Document Type: Article

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