Directly probing rapid membrane protein dynamics with an atomic force microscope: A study of light-induced conformational alterations in bacteriorhodopsin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2380-2384

  Lewis, Aaron ^a   Rousso, Itay ^b   Khachatryan, Edward ^a   Brodsky, Igor ^a   Lieberman, Klony ^a   Sheves, Mordechai ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HALOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0029989164     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79805-3     Document Type: Article

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