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Enzyme Microb Technol ; 95: 225-229, 2016 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27866619

ABSTRACT

We report an efficient method to biosynthesize biocompatible cadmium telluride and cadmium sulphide quantum dots from the fungus Rhizopus stolonifer. The suspension of the quantum dots exhibited purple and greenish-blue luminescence respectively upon UV light illumination. Photoluminescence spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy confirms the formation of the quantum dots. From the photoluminescence spectrum the emission maxima is found to be 424 and 476nm respectively. The X-ray diffraction of the quantum dots matches with results reported in literature. The 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay for cell viability evaluation carried out on 3-days transfer, inoculum 3×105 cells, embryonic fibroblast cells lines shows that more than 80% of the cells are viable even after 48h, indicating the biocompatible nature of the quantum dots. A good contrast in imaging has been obtained upon incorporating the quantum dots in human breast adenocarcinoma Michigan Cancer Foundation-7 cell lines.


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Cadmium Compounds/chemistry , Cadmium Compounds/metabolism , Chalcogens/chemistry , Chalcogens/metabolism , Quantum Dots/chemistry , Quantum Dots/metabolism , Rhizopus/metabolism , Animals , Biotechnology , Green Chemistry Technology , Humans , MCF-7 Cells , Mice , NIH 3T3 Cells , Nanotechnology , Quantum Dots/ultrastructure , Sulfides/chemistry , Sulfides/metabolism , Tellurium/chemistry , Tellurium/metabolism
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Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun ; 70(Pt 11): 1526-8, 2014 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25372822

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Haemoglobin is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein that is present in the red blood cells of all vertebrates. In recent decades, there has been substantial interest in attempting to understand the structural basis and functional diversity of avian haemoglobins. Towards this end, purification, crystallization, preliminary X-ray diffraction and molecular-replacement studies have been carried out on cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) haemoglobin. Crystals were grown by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method using PEG 3350, NaCl and glycerol as precipitants. The crystals belonged to the trigonal system P3121, with unit-cell parameters a=b=55.64, c=153.38 Å, ß=120.00°; a complete data set was collected to a resolution of 3.5 Å. Matthews coefficient analysis indicated that the crystals contained a half-tetramer in the asymmetric unit.


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Erythrocytes , Hemoglobins/chemistry , Hemoglobins/isolation & purification , X-Ray Diffraction , Animals , Birds , Crystallization , Erythrocytes/chemistry
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