L. Melnikova, Z. Mitroova, M. Timko, J. Jozef Kováč, M. V. Avdeev, V. I. Petrenko, V. M. Garamus, L. Almásy, P. Kopčanský, “Structural characterization of magnetoferritin”, Mendeleev Commun., 2014, Volume 24, Issue 2,Pages <nobr>80

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Structural characterization of magnetoferritin

L. Melnikova^a, Z. Mitroova^a, M. Timko^a, J. Jozef Kováč^a, M. V. Avdeev^b, V. I. Petrenko^bc, V. M. Garamus^d, L. Almásy^e, P. Kopčanský^a

^a Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovakia
^b Joint Institute of Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow region, Russian Federation
^c T.G. Shevchenko Kiev National University, Kiev, Ukraine
^d Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Zentrum für Material und Küstenforschung, Geesthacht, Germany
^e Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

Abstract: The physicochemical characterization of the magnetoferritin biomacromolecule in terms of morphology, structural and magnetic properties shows that iron oxides can be efficiently loaded into apoferritin molecules, preserving their native biocompatible structure and affecting the morphology of the protein shell.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1016/j.mencom.2014.03.004