Assessment of the aggregation state of integral membrane proteins in reconstituted phospholipid vesicles using small angle neutron scattering

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 273, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1004-1019

  Hunt, John F ^a,d   McCrea, Pierre D ^a,e   Zaccaï, Giuseppe ^b,c   Engelman, Donald M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation state; Bacteriorhodopsin; Membrane proteins; Phospholipid vesicles; Small angle neutron scattering

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031567785     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1330     Document Type: Article

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