Research Article

Investigation of the Interaction between Patulin and Human Serum Albumin by a Spectroscopic Method, Atomic Force Microscopy, and Molecular Modeling

Figure 7

(a) An AFM topography image of free HSA and (b) an AFM topography image of the HSA-patulin complex. Samples were adsorbed onto mica under tapping mode in a Tris-HCl buffer solution, and the scan size of the image is 1.5 μm × 1.5 μm.
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