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SUBMITTER: Lau S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7589421 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lau Sophie S Middleton David A DA
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20200817 41
The biological function of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) nanoparticles, the so-called good cholesterol that is associated with a low risk of heart disease, depends on their composition, morphology, and size. The morphology of HDL particles composed of apolipoproteins, lipids and cholesterol is routinely visualised by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), but higher-resolution tools are needed to observe more subtle structural differences between particles of different composition. Here, recon ...[more]