Magnetoferritina: síntesis in vitro de una nueva proteína magnética de las proteínas

F C Meldrum1, B R Heywood, S Mann

  • 1School of Chemistry, University of Bath, United Kingdom.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 24, 1992
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores crearon una proteína magnética llamada magnetoferritina mediante la síntesis de magnetita dentro de la cáscara de ferritina. Esta nueva nanopartícula magnética tiene aplicaciones potenciales en imágenes biomédicas y separación celular.

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