Stochastic sensing of organic analytes by a pore-forming protein containing a molecular adapter

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6729, 1999, Pages 686-690

  Gu, Li Qun ^a   Braha, Orlt ^a   Conlan, Sean ^a   Cheley, Stephen ^a   Bayley, Hagan ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COVALENT BOND; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METAL BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BINDING SITES; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CYCLODEXTRINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; ION TRANSPORT; KINETICS; LIGANDS; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033594410     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/19491     Document Type: Article

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