Extension of Kohler-Strand viscosity model for ionic rod-shaped micelles of low axial ratio: application to sodium deoxycholate micelles

1992 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 1478-1482 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Coello ◽  
F. Meijide ◽  
E. Rodriguez Nunez ◽  
J. Vazquez Tato
2003 ◽  
Vol 655 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Sun ◽  
Z.-L. Yang ◽  
L. Zhang ◽  
N.-F. Zhou ◽  
S.-F. Weng ◽  
...  

1991 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 817-828 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideo Kawamura ◽  
Masahiro Manabe ◽  
Tsutomu Tokunoh ◽  
Hiroaki Saiki ◽  
Susumu Tokunaga

1982 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 514-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherril D Christian ◽  
Linda S Smith ◽  
Donna S Bushong ◽  
Edwin E Tucker

1987 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Esposito ◽  
A. Zanobi ◽  
E. Giglio ◽  
N. V. Pavel ◽  
I. D. Campbell

Author(s):  
William H. Massover

The molecular structure of the iron-storage protein, ferritin, is becoming known in ever finer detail. The 24 apoferritin subunits (MW ca. 20,000) have a 2:1 axial ratio and are polymerized with 4:3:2 symmetry to form an outer shell surrounding a variable amount of microcrystalline iron, Recent x-ray diffraction results indicate that the projected outline of the native molecule has a quasi-hexagonal shape when viewed down the 3-fold axes of symmetry, and a quasi-square shape when looking down the 4-fold axes. To date, no electron microscope study has reported observing anything other than circular profiles, which would indicate that ferritin is strictly spherical. The apparent conflict between the "hollow sphere" of electron microscopy (E.M.) and the "truncated rhombic dodecahedron" of x-ray diffraction could reflect the poorer effective resolution of E.M. coming from radiation damage, staining, drying, etc. The present study investigates the detailed shape of individual ferritin molecules in order to search for the predicted aspherical profiles and to interpret the nature of this apparent contradiction.


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