Vibrational spectra of individual millimeter-size membrane patches using miniature infrared waveguides

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2235-2240

  Plunkett, Susan E ^a   Jonas, Roy E ^a   Braiman, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HALOBACTERIUM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; HALOBACTERIUM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030848664     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78254-7     Document Type: Article

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