title: A new approach to the ferritin iron core growth: influence of the H/L ratio on the core shape.
abstract: An electron microscopy study, in combination with modeling and image simulation, of four different reconstituted ferritin samples: recombinant human H and L homopolymers, and H and L heteropolymers of native L-subunit-rich horse spleen and H-subunit-rich human heart ferritins, points out the existence of a correlation between iron core shape and protein shell.
authors: Departamento Ciencia de Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Río San Pedro, 11510, Cádiz, Spain.
authors: J D
authors: JD
authors: López-Castro
authors: J J
authors: JJ
authors: Delgado
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Perez-Omil
authors: Natividad
authors: N
authors: Gálvez
authors: Rafael
authors: R
authors: Cuesta
authors: Richard K
authors: RK
authors: Watt
authors: José M
authors: JM
authors: Domínguez-Vera
mesh_terms: D005293:Ferritins / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008958:Models, Molecular; D055503:Protein Multimerization; D020836:Protein Structure, Quaternary; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D021122:Protein Subunits; D005293:Ferritins; D007501:Iron