Exoshell with POI (IMAGE)

National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Exoshell with POI

Caption

This is an illustration of a protein of interest (POI) inside a 24-subunit Archeoglobus fulgidus ferritin exoshell, which is 12 nanometres in diameter (only half of the shell is shown).

Credit

Dr Chester L. Drum

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