Conformational Distortions of the Red Blood Cell Spectrin Matrix Nanostructure in Response to Temperature Changes In Vitro

Figure 8

AFM 2D images showing the basic typical variants of the spectrin matrix nanostructure, . (a) Regular spectrin network with a typical (red square). (b) Regular spectrin network with enlarged deep spectrin matrix (blue square). (c) Irregular structure (yellow square). (d) Chaotic pattern (purple square). (e) Histogram showing the percentage of each of the structures in (a–d) at various temperatures (20–24°С, 36–37°С, 39–40°С, 42–43°С, and 49–50°С); colours correspond to those in (a–d). Experimental data are shown as mean values.

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