Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Blog Post 13: Nano and Proteins

1. Post a brief description (and link) to a general overview of MALDI.
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization is a soft ionization technique used in mass spectrometry. Can be used to allow rapid sequencing of proteins and is crucial now for protein analysis.
http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/analytical-chromatography/spectroscopy/maldi-mass.html

2. Post an image (3D) of the following proteins: microcystin LR, collagen, and pick another one of your favorite proteins.



3. Post the size of each of these proteins in nanometers.
microcystin LR : 200 - 300 nm
collagen : 300 nm
myosin : 10nm step size

4. Research and post a cool nano-application that involves proteins.
Growing cells in the eye to make better measurements inside the eye.
http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=44142

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