Conceptions and first results on the electrocrystallization behaviour of ferritin.
The role of electrochemical processes on Fe and CdSO(4) in the crystallization of horse spleen ferritin has been investigated using the cyclic voltammetry technique. It was found that although both species exhibit important redox properties in the presence of an external applied potential, CdSO(4) played a leading role not only in the nucleation process but also in the growth behaviour and morphology of ferritin crystals.
Moreno
Abel
A
Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Rivera
Margarita
M
D000818:Animals; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods; D005293:Ferritins / Q000737:chemistry*; D006736:Horses; D008027:Light; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013154:Spleen / Q000737:chemistry
D005293:Ferritins