Ferritin structure from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: comparative study with homologues identifies extended C-terminus involved in ferroxidase activity. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Ferritins are recognized as key players in the iron storage and detoxification processes. Iron acquisition in the case of pathogenic bacteria has long been established as an important virulence mechanism.
Garima Khare +5 more
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Engineering Ferritin Nanoparticles for Theranostic Probes Development [PDF]
, 2016 疾病的诊断治疗学在近年来得到了巨大关注和广泛研究，以蛋白质为基础的纳米材料具有优异生物相容性、生物降解性、灵活的可修饰性等特点，在癌症的诊疗一体化研究上发挥着巨大作用。鉴于发展以蛋白质为核心的新型诊疗一体化探针具有重要的可应用和临床转化意义，我们在本论文中研究设计了多种以铁蛋白为核心的纳米材料，并着重探究了各种材料在诊疗一体化中的应用。主要内容概括如下： 第一章，我们简要介绍了肿瘤诊断治疗技术的发展和现状，着重探讨了肿瘤诊断治疗一体化的研究现状 ...
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Structural insights into the ferroxidase site of ferritins from higher eukaryotes.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012 The first step of iron biomineralization mediated by ferritin is the oxidation at the ferroxidase active site of two ferrous ions to a diferric oxo/hydroxo species.
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Genetic relationships of some Citrus genotypes based on the candidate iron chlorosis genes [PDF]
, 2014 Iron is one of the most important elements in plant mineral nutrition. Fe deficiency is a critical abiotic stress factor for Mediterranean citriculture; the development of marker-assisted selection for this trait would greatly enhance rootstock breeding.
Aka Kacar, Yildiz +5 more
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Direct Assembly of Modified Proteins on Carbon Nanotubes in an Aqueous Solution [PDF]
, 2007 Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have superior mechanical and electrical properties that have opened up many potential applications. However, poor dispersibility and solubility, due to the substantial van der Waals attraction between tubes, have prevented the use
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Quantification of Ferritin from Staple Food Crops [PDF]
, 2009 Ferritin-iron has been shown to be as bioavailable as ferrous sulfate in humans. Thus, biofortification to breed crops with high ferritin content is a promising strategy to alleviate the global iron deficiency problem. Although ferritin is present in all
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Size-dependent structural evolution of the biomineralized iron-core nanoparticles in ferritins
, 2013 The structural identity of the biomineralized iron core nanoparticles in Helicobacter pylori ferritins (Hpf's) has been determined by employing soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy and soft x-ray magnetic circular dichroism.
Eunsook Lee +11 more
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, 2012 This paper presents a novel framework for the modeling of biological networks. It makes use of recent tools analyzing the robust satisfaction of properties of (hybrid) dynamical systems.
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Iron economy in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. [PDF]
, 2013 While research on iron nutrition in plants has largely focused on iron-uptake pathways, photosynthetic microbes such as the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii provide excellent experimental systems for understanding iron metabolism at the ...
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Analysis of iron-containing compounds in different compartments of the rat liver after iron loading [PDF]
, 1990 The livers of iron-loaded rats were fractionated and a cytosolic fraction, a lysosomal fraction, a siderosomal fraction and haemosiderin were obtained.
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