Mechanism of aluminium bio-mineralization in the apoferritin cavity

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Effect of osteogenesis imperfecta mutations in tropocollagen molecule on strength of biomimetic tropocollagenhydroxyapatite nanocomposites Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 023703 (2010);

Ion and plasma based treatments for enhanced chemical speciation of metals in ferritin

“…In addition, we point out that the exposed methodologies, making use of spectroscopic techniques with different probing depth, can have a great potential to discriminate whether atoms other than Fe (e.g. Al) are adsorbed on the protein shell or mineralized within the ferritin core, which is still an open question in literature [11].…”

An integrated superhydrophobic-plasmonic biosensor for mid-infrared protein detection at the femtomole level

“…[11][12][13][14][15][16][17] The development of plasmonic nanostructures with the ability to provide local electromagnetic field enhancement in nanometer-scale hotspots has recently emerged as an effective method to improve the signal-to-background ratio of MIR biosensors, enabling the detection of very low amounts of proteins down to zeptomoles. [18][19][20][21] Material and methods 6,7,9 In this work we fabricate and test an integrated MIR biosensor for protein detection from diluted pure protein solutions.…”

Controlling the Cassie-to-Wenzel Transition: an Easy Route towards the Realization of Tridimensional Arrays of Biological Objects

“…Beside DNA applications, the ability to precisely position biological objects in a defined portion of space, could have a positive impact on the study of blood proteins, such as ferritin and low density lipoproteins, which are often available in very limited quantity [30][31][32][33][34][35]. Furthermore, this system could be particularly important as a scaffold for the growth of controlled networks of biological molecules [36][37][38].…”