Heptameric structures of two α-hemolysin mutants imaged with in situ atomic force microscopy

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 353-356

  Malghani, M S ^a   Fang, Ye ^a,c   Cheley, Stephen ^b   Bayley, Hagan ^b   Yang, Jie ^a  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BLOOD; OLIGOMERS;

ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; FLUID PHASIS; FLUID-PHASE; HEPTAMERS; MEMBRANE SURFACE; SELF ASSEMBLED STRUCTURES; SITU ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; TRANS-MEMBRANE DOMAINS; TRANSMEMBRANE DOMAIN; Α-HEMOLYSIN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0033105888     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19990301)44:5<353::AID-JEMT6>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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