Mycobacterial outer membranes: in search of proteins

M Niederweis, O Danilchanka, J Huff, C Hoffmann… - Trends in …, 2010 - cell.com
The cell wall is a major virulence factor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and contributes to its
intrinsic drug resistance. Recently, cryo-electron microscopy showed that mycobacterial cell …

Prospects of nanobiomaterials for biosensing

RP Singh - International journal of electrochemistry, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Progress and development in biosensor development will inevitably focus upon the
technology of the nanomaterials that offer promise to solve the biocompatibility and …

Recent advances in biological nanopores for nanopore sequencing, sensing and comparison of functional variations in MspA mutants

H Bhatti, R Jawed, I Ali, K Iqbal, Y Han, Z Lu, Q Liu - Rsc Advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Biological nanopores are revolutionizing human health by the great myriad of detection and
diagnostic skills. Their nano-confined area and ingenious shape are suitable to investigate a …

Taking phage integration to the next level as a genetic tool for mycobacteria

J Huff, A Czyz, R Landick, M Niederweis - Gene, 2010 - Elsevier
Genes must be stably integrated into bacterial chromosomes for complementation of gene
deletion mutants in animal infection experiments or to express antigens in vaccine strains …

Magnetism in nanomaterials: heat and force from colloidal magnetic particles

G Podaru, V Chikan - 2017 - books.rsc.org
Magnetic materials have fascinated people ever since the development of the first compass
in 200–300 BC. in a compass, the earth magnetic field interacts with the lodestone providing …

Nanodots functionalized with chitooligosaccharides for blocking chitoporins

TP Doan-Nguyen, A Aunkham… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2025 - Elsevier
We report the synthesis of functionalized nanodots as potential powerful blockers of solute
transport through a chitoporin. Ultrasmall silica nanocapsules with a diameter of∼ 6 nm …

A hybrid soft solar cell based on the mycobacterial porin MspA linked to a sensitizer–viologen diad

AS Perera, NK Subbaiyan, M Kalita… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A prototype of a nano solar cell containing the mycobacterial channel protein MspA has
been successfully designed. MspA, an octameric transmembrane channel protein from …

The pathways of silver nanoparticles formation by Mycobacterium smegmatis

VV Sorokin, DA Skladnev, VV Volkov… - Doklady Biological …, 2013 - search.proquest.com
SOROKIN et al. function of nanoparticle size distribution (DV (R)) were processed using the
MIXTURE software package [13, 14]. The size distribution was calculated as a superposition …

Channel blocking of MspA revisited

AS Perera, H Wang, MT Basel, MR Pokhrel… - Langmuir, 2013 - ACS Publications
Porin A from Mycobacterium smegmatis (MspA) is a highly stable, octameric channel
protein, which acts as the main transporter of electrolytes across the cell membrane. MspA …

Catalytic enhancement of NMR sensitivity for advanced spectroscopic and imaging studies in catalysis and life sciences

KV Kovtunov, VV Zhivonitko, IV Skovpin, OG Salnikov… - 2017 - books.rsc.org
6.1 Introduction nMr is a powerful and versatile instrument for scientific research and
practical applications. an even wider applicability is feasible, provided that nMr sensitivity …