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Protein-nanoparticle interactions

What does the cell see?

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Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy is used as a quantitative method to understand the binding and exchange behaviour of proteins on the surfaces of nanoparticles.

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Figure 1: Nanoparticle–protein complexes as seen by the cell.

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Lynch, I., Salvati, A. & Dawson, K. What does the cell see?. Nature Nanotech 4, 546–547 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2009.248

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