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. 2022 Jan 25;9(8):2104012. doi: 10.1002/advs.202104012

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Structural illustration of self‐assembled protein nanoparticles. A) A natural ferritin nanoparticle (PDB: 3E6R) and a corresponding transmission electron microscope (TEM) image (scale bar: 100 nm). Reproduced with permission.[ 157 ] Copyright 2017, National Academy of Sciences, USA. B) A biomimetic nanoparticle assembled from fusion proteins of natural trimeric and dimeric proteins and a TEM image of tetrahedral nanoparticles. Reproduced with permission.[ 151 ] Copyright 2001, National Academy of Sciences, USA. C) A bioinspired nanoparticle assembled from de novo designed proteins and a corresponding TEM image. Each subunit has translational (r) and rotational (ω) degrees of freedom. Reproduced with permission.[ 100 ] Copyright 2014, Springer Nature.