Structural changes in native membrane proteins monitored at subnanometer resolution with the atomic force microscope: A review

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-157

  Müller, Daniel J ^a,b   Schoenenberger, Cora Ann ^a   Schabert, Frank ^c   Engel, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HALOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM;

EID: 0031194365     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1997.3878     Document Type: Article

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