Reconstitution of membrane proteins into giant unilamellar vesicles via peptide-induced fusion

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1464-1474

  Kahya, Nicoletta ^a   Pécheur, Eve Isabelle ^a   De Boeij, Wim P ^a   Wiersma, Douwe A ^a   Hoekstra, Dick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LAMELLAR BODY; MEMBRANE RECONSTITUTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0034870954     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)75801-8     Document Type: Article

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