Purified lens major intrinsic protein (MIP) forms highly ordered tetragonal two-dimensional arrays by reconstitution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 279, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 855-864

  Hasler, Lorenz ^a   Walz, Thomas ^b   Tittmann, Peter ^c   Gross, Heinz ^c   Kistler, Joerg ^d   Engel, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

2D crystallization; Electron crystallography; Major intrinsic protein; Membrane protein; STEM

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; LENS PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCTYL GLUCOSIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTIONATION; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEEP; SUCROSE GRADIENT;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032546752     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1796     Document Type: Article

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