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Nanomechanical analysis of yeast cells in CdSe quantum dot biosynthesis
Qing-Ying Luo1, Yi Lin, Yong Li
1Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences State Key Laboratory of Virology and Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, P. R. China.
Small (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|October 17, 2013
Abstract:
QD biosynthesis affects the mechanical strength of yeast cells. The intracellular synthesis of CdSe QD in yeast cells incubated with Na2 SeO3 and subsequently with CdCl2 increases the glucan content of their cell walls, resulting in their enhanced mechanical strength.
