A bilayered nanoshell for durable protection of single yeast cells against multiple, simultaneous hostile stimuli

Nan Jiang1,2, Guo-Liang Ying3,4, Ali K Yetisen5

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing , Wuhan University of Technology , 122 Luoshi Road , Wuhan , 430070 , China .

Chemical Science
|June 19, 2018
PubMed

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