Investigation of the orientation of purple membrane sheets in Langmuir- Blodgett films by a quartz crystal microbalance

IUBMB Life

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 549-556

  Lu, Tao ^a,b   Rothe, Ulrich ^b   Liebau, Maik ^b   Schaffer, Heike ^b   Hufnagel, Peter ^c   Bakowsky, Udo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Langmuir Blodgett film; Orientation; Purple membrane; Quartz crystal microbalance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FILM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; NONHUMAN; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM;

EID: 0033375281     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/152165499306676     Document Type: Article

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