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ArticleMicroscopy research and technique2011

Transmission electron microscopy as a tool to image bioinorganic nanohybrids: the case of phage-gold nanocomposites.

Binrui Cao, Hong Xu, Chuanbin Mao

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Article in Microscopy research and technique, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed.

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  18. Phage as a template to grow bone mineral nanocrystals.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2014
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Binrui CaoDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, University of Oklahoma, 101 Stephenson Parkway, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA.
Hong Xu
Chuanbin Mao

Funding

Phage-inspired nanoparticles with genetically tunable target-specificityR01HL092526 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA · PI MAO, CHUANBIN · 2009 to 2010
$806k
Phage-Mimetic Nanorods for Targeted Breast Cancer TreatmentR21EB009909 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA · PI MAO, CHUANBIN · 2009 to 2010
$399k
Bone-seeking and cell-targeting non-viral vectors for BMP-2 gene deliveryR03AR056848 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA · PI MAO, CHUANBIN · 2009 to 2011
$222k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL092526NHLBI NIH HHS R01HL092526-01A2NIAMS NIH HHS R03 AR056848NIAMS NIH HHS R03AR056848-01NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB009909NIBIB NIH HHS R21EB009909-01A1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, bioinorganic nanohybrids composed of biological macromolecules and functional inorganic nanomaterials have revealed many unique properties that show promise for the future. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is a popular and relatively simple tool that can offer a direct visualization of the nanomaterials with high resolutions. When TEM is applied to visualize bioinorganic nanohybrids, a treatment of negative staining is necessary due to the presence of biological molecules in the nanohybrids except for those with densely packed inorganic materials. However, the conventional negative-staining procedure for regular biological samples cannot be directly applied to such bioinorganic nanohybrids. To image a specific bioinorganic nanohybrid, negative-staining factors such as negative stain type, working pH, staining time, and drying method, should be identified. Currently, no detailed studies have been done to investigate how to adjust negative-staining factors based on specific bioinorganic nanohybrids. In this study, bacteriophage-gold nanoparticle hybrids were chosen as a model to systematically study the effects of each factor on the negative staining of the nanohybrids. The best staining conditions for gold nanoparticle-phage nanohybrids were obtained and the effects of each factor on the negative staining of general nanohybrids were discussed. This work indicates that with proper staining it is possible to use TEM to visualize directly both biological and inorganic components without introducing any artifact.

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BacteriophagesGoldMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionNanocompositesNegative StainingGold

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